Netanyahu Promised to Never Recognise Palestine State, Likud MK Says

• Netanyahu Promised to Never Recognise Palestine State, Likud MK Says
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  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he would never recognise a Palestinian state
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  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he would never recognise a Palestinian state, senior Likud MK Miki Zohar revealed yesterday. According to the Times of Israel, Zohar tweeted: “The prime minister announced yesterday [Monday] at the faction meeting that in no constellation will the government or the Knesset recognise the principle of establishing a Palestinian state.”
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  Netanyahu, according to Zohar, stressed: “We will never recognise a Palestinian state!”
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  The Times of Israel said Netanyahu’s remarks came amid criticism from settler leaders who claim that his annexation plan would pave the way for a Palestinian state as envisioned by the US President Donald Trump’s “peace deal” dubbed the ‘deal of the century’.
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  Tump’s administration has indicated that it would accept Netanyahu’s annexation should he agreed on the creation of a Palestinian state on the remaining parts of the occupied West Bank. At the same time, Zohar said that if the US insisted on the recognition of a Palestinian state, Israel would give up on annexation.
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  The Israeli government is planning to annex the Jordan Valley and settlements in the West Bank on 1 July. Palestinian estimates indicate that the Israeli annexation plan will cover more than 30 per cent of the West Bank.
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  In response to his announcement, the Palestinian Authority said that it is no longer bound by all agreements with Israel, including those relating to security.

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