Thursday, August 3, 2023

Far-right minister says Green Line ‘fictitious,’ urges annexation of West Bank

Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party on Wednesday urged the government to annex the West Bank, calling the Green Line that separates the State of Israel from the territory “fictitious.”

“I don’t really think there is a Green Line. It’s a fictitious line. This is our homeland. This is where the Jewish People arose. The attitude of the State of Israel that there are two states here is a mistake. We should impose sovereignty on Judea and Samaria,” he told Army Radio, using the biblical name for the West Bank.

“We should advance this as quickly as possible, as smartly as possible. We should begin to say this everywhere, to create international recognition that this place is ours. In Judea and Samaria, everyone understands that our roots and history are there, and therefore, I think that the entire Green Line is just an abnormality. There is a distorted reality that we need to erase.” READ MORE