The major foreign policy shift would face deep opposition within Israel.
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“There is no question of rewarding Hamas for the appalling acts they perpetrated,” said Andrew Mitchell, a UK minister of state.
“Iran’s terror will reach all of you. We all know this,” said Israel’s UN ambassador.
Jewish Americans take the White House to task for doubling down on the failed two-state solution in the midst of war.
António Guterres didn’t mention Benjamin Netanyahu by name, but he criticized the Israeli prime minister harshly in a speech in Uganda over the weekend.
The Israeli prime minister reportedly dismissed the proposal, brought to him by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Poll shows 74% of Israelis now oppose a Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria, and 76% support the voluntary transfer of Palestinians.
Despite its public stance, the US knows having the PA take over in Gaza is a non-starter, experts tell JNS.
“God forbid that after paying with the blood of our sons, we return to the illusions of the past,” says opposition lawmaker.
The geography beneath Israelis and Palestinians has not changed.