New Zealand prime minister says Israel’s Netanyahu has ‘lost the plot’

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New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has said that Israel’s leader Benjamin Netanyahu had lost the plot as the country weighs up whether to recognise a Palestinian state, Reuters reports.

Luxon told reporters that the lack of humanitarian assistance, the forceful displacement of people and the annexation of Gaza were utterly appalling and that Netanyahu had gone way too far.

“I think he has lost the plot,” added Luxon, who heads the centre-right coalition government. “What we are seeing overnight, the attack on Gaza City, is utterly, utterly unacceptable.”

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon attends a press conference with Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese(not pictured) at the Australian Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on August 16, 2024. — Reuters/File
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon attends a press conference with Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese(not pictured) at the Australian Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on August 16, 2024. — Reuters/File

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