"Israel will not agree to the establishment of a Palestinian terrorist state in the heart of the Land of Israel," said Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar.
Jerusalem will not allow a Palestinian state in Judea, Samaria and Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, rejecting a U.S.-backed statement calling for a “pathway” for creating “Palestine.” “Our opposition to a Palestinian state on any territory west of the Jordan River exists, is firm, and has not changed in the slightest,” Netanyahu stated, speaking ahead of the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem.
“I have been pushing back against these attempts for decades, doing so against external pressure as well as internal pressure. So I don’t need encouragement, tweets, or lectures from anyone,” Netanyahu added. Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar had declared earlier on Sunday that the Jewish state would “not agree to the establishment of a Palestinian terror state in the heart of the Land of Israel, at point-blank distance from all of its population centers and with topographical control over them.”
Jerusalem’s top diplomat noted that Israel Defense Forces troops were working to destroy three Iran-backed terrorist states: Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen. Earlier on Sunday morning, Defense Minister Israel Katz tweeted, “Israel’s policy is clear: A Palestinian state will not be established. (Read More)