Netanyahu rejects Obama's claim Israel 'wrested lands from their owners'

Obama said in Belfast that Israel "wrested lands from their owners"; Netanyahu responded Friday, calling the remarks "unfortunate."

• During a Belfast visit, Obama told journalist Suzanne McKay that Israel "wrested lands from their owners" — Netanyahu responded Friday on X.
• Netanyahu said "the Jewish people are not foreign occupiers in the land of their fathers and grandfathers," calling the remarks "unfortunate."
• Obama said millions of Jews and Palestinians "will remain and will not leave," and urged Israelis to rethink how their children would live in the region.
• Obama said hostility toward Israel after October 7 signals the need for a real end of the conflict as a precondition for long-term solutions.
• Obama accused Israel of seizing Palestinian land in the West Bank and urged a real cessation of violence and relief for Gaza.
• Netanyahu asserted Israel was not built on stolen land, responding after Obama's Belfast remarks.