Finance Minister Smotrich presents six boundaries ahead of the White House meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump.
I wish the prime minister great success in his meeting with President Trump today, his success is our success. A key lesson from the October 7th massacre and the war we have been conducting since across all fronts is that Israel's security is not achieved through political agreements that are not worth the paper they are written on, or through commitments and guarantees that do not hold and governments that change, but by actions, our hold on the ground and uncompromising enforcement that depends solely on the IDF and our security apparatus. Therefore the boundaries I conveyed to the prime minister and made clear that Religious Zionism will not compromise on less than these are as follows:
1. The genuine and complete removal of Hamas from Gaza and the full and real demilitarization of all terrorist infrastructure above and below ground.
2. The IDF will remain permanently within the perimeter, including the Philadelphi Corridor, maintain full operational freedom across the Strip, and prevent smuggling while protecting southern communities. It has been proven that no one but us can be relied on to prevent smuggling and the rearmament of terror organizations in Gaza.
3. There will be no involvement of the Palestinian Authority in Gaza, not today and not in the future, not explicitly and not implicitly. Such involvement would amount to a false admission of the Authority's link to Gaza and its aspiration to establish a terror state in the Land of Israel, in Gaza, and in Judea and Samaria. (Read More)
