Plan to create a Palestinian state: a bounty on terrorism for Benyamin Netanyahu
Following the two-step approach of his ministers, Benyamin Netanyahu also rejected Thursday evening any international recognition of a Palestinian state outside the framework of a resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, affirming that such an initiative “would offer an enormous reward to terrorism.”
Israel: Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu (here January 7, 2024) also expressed his fierce opposition to the peace plan mentioned by the daily Washington Post yesterday Thursday February 15. Such a plan is a “bonus” for terrorism, according to Benyamin Netanyahu. REUTERS - RONEN ZVULUN
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Yesterday, two influential far-right Israeli ministers, Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, responsible for National Security and Finance respectively, rejected a plan mentioned by the American daily
Washington Post.
Also read: Israel: strong hostility from the far right to the draft peace plan which would provide for a Palestinian state
The newspaper reported that the United States, Israel's main ally, and several Arab countries close to Washington are working on a comprehensive plan intended to establish lasting Israeli-Palestinian peace after the end of the war between Israel and Hamas.
“
Israel will continue to oppose unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state. Such recognition, following the massacre of October 7, would offer a huge reward for unprecedented terrorism and prevent any future peace agreement,”
Mr. Netanyahu
wrote in Hebrew
on his X account, ex-Twitter.
“
Israel categorically rejects international dictates regarding a permanent settlement with the Palestinians
,” he added, reaffirming that a peace agreement could only result from “
direct negotiations without preconditions
.”
The implementation of the plan mentioned by the Washington Post would begin with a ceasefire "
with an expected duration of at least six weeks
", indicated the American daily, citing American and Arab officials who hope for an agreement before March 10, the start date of Ramadan. It would notably include a pause in the fighting, the release of hostages kidnapped by Hamas during the October 7 attacks in Israel and held since in Gaza, and a timetable for the eventual establishment of a Palestinian state.
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