Netanyahu: I Don't Want a Binational State, But We Need to Control All of the Territory for the Foreseeable Future
The prime minister also spoke about possible plans to revoke
Israeli citizenship or residency from the Arab residents of east
Jerusalem.
October 27, 2015
IMEMC News - Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced his plan to
control “all of the territory” and “live forever by the sword.”
The remarks were reported in
Haa’retz newspaper, according to PNN, in an article by journalist Barak Ravid.
Mr Ravid wrote: “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that
although he doesn’t want a binational state, 'at this time we need to
control all of the territory for the foreseeable future'.”
MKs who took part in the Knesset
Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting – today (Monday) –
reportedly told Mr Ravid that Netanyahu had turned to the politicians
present and said: “You think there is a magic wand here, but I disagree.
I’m asked if we will forever live by the sword – yes.”
The prime minister also spoke about possible plans to revoke Israeli
citizenship or residency from the Arab residents of east Jerusalem.
He complained that there had not been any “progress” on the matter
because of delays at the Justice Ministry, headed by Minister Ayelet
Shaked (Habayit Hayehudi).
Dr Hanan Ashwari, a committee member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), said of the idea:
“This alarming escalation, an inhuman and illegal measure, must be immediately stopped.
“Should this be adopted, such a measure will transform the actual
status of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to “non-existence,” and
it will deprive them of the most basic rights and services, including
shelter, healthcare and education.
“This would also provoke confrontations with serious ramifications throughout the region and beyond.”
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