'Path To Palestinian Statehood': Ben-Gvir and Smotrich demand action from Netanyahu

The two demanded that Netanyahu oppose the U.S. statement at the UN, which said "to begin a process that offers a pathway to Palestinian self-determination and to the establishment of a state."

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich denounced reports that the United States is acting indirectly to recognize a Palestinian state ahead of normalization with Saudi Arabia. "Mr. Prime Minister, two months ago, immediately after several countries announced their unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state, you pledged you would respond firmly on the matter as soon as you returned from the United States."

"Since then, as noted, two months have passed in which you chose silence and a diplomatic disgrace."
"The deterioration we see now on this matter is dangerous and is your responsibility and stems from your silence. Form immediately an appropriate and decisive response that will make clear to the entire world - no Palestinian state will ever be established on our ancestral lands," he said."

Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir responded, "There is no such thing as 'a Palestinian people'. This is an invention that has no historical, archaeological or factual basis. A collection of immigrants from Arab countries to the Land of Israel are not a people. And certainly they do not deserve a reward for the terror, murder, and atrocities they sowed everywhere, and especially from Gaza - the place where they received self-rule," he clarified.

"The only real solution in Gaza is encouragement of voluntary migration, and certainly not a state that rewards terror, which would be a base for continued terror. Otzma Yehudit will not be part of any government that agrees to that. I call on the Prime Minister to clarify that the State of Israel will not allow the establishment of a Palestinian state in any form," he added. (Read More)