Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday rejected calls for Palestinian sovereignty following talks with US President Joe Biden about Gaza’s future, suggesting Israel’s security needs would be incompatible with Palestinian statehood.
“I will not compromise on full Israeli security control over all the territory west of Jordan - and this is contrary to a Palestinian state,” Netanyahu said in a post on X
The Israeli leader did not provide any other details in his one-line post in Hebrew. The territory west of Jordan encompasses Israel, the occupied West Bank, and Hamas-run Gaza, where Israel is battling the militant group following the October 7 attacks.
Biden and his top officials — including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who visited Israel and the region last week — have said the creation of a Palestinian state with guarantees for Israel’s security is the only way to finally bring peace and stability to the Middle East.
Yes, I was specifically referencing the 1967 war and that Israel has never since been content to stay within its borders.
I also believe the Nakba was a great crime but my point is that Israel was not even satisfied with the partition it received.
Their intent has always been to control the entire territory. “From the river to the sea” was Likud’s founding platform before it was a chant for Palestinian rights.
I more meant the post-Nakba stealing of Palestinian land. The same things happening to West Bankers today happened has been happening to Palestinians in Israel since 1949 (not counting the Nakba because that’s its own mess), is what I wanted to say.