Jewish Home Chairman and Education Minister Naftali Bennett opened this afternoon's party meeting by attacking Abbas' speech of last night, and called to apply Israeli sovereignty to Judea and Samaria.
"The time has come to think about the day after, and the time has come for us to all internalize the end of the era of the Palestinian state, and the beginning of the era of sovereignty."
Bennett added, "Abbas and the idea of a Palestinian state are fading away, and the man has lost his connection to reality."
In a speech to the PLO's Central Committee, Abbas lambasted American President Donald Trump, attacked the State of Israel, and denied its right to exist.
Abbas said that "they wanted to bring the Jews from Europe to protect the interests of the Europeans in the region, and they asked the Netherlands, which had the largest fleet in the world, to transfer the Jews." According to Abbas, "Israel is a colonial project that has nothing to do with the Jews."
The Education Minister said that the political environment had changed significantly since he proposed abandoning the two-state solution in favor of Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria, turning what then seemed impossible into a viable option in 2018.
"Six years ago, we placed the sovereignty plan on the public agenda. At that time we were at the height of negotiations with the Palestinians to establish a state, and sovereignty seemed far-reaching. READ MORE
