Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that Israel would not accept a Palestinian state declared unilaterally by other countries, telling world leaders there was a risk of giving the Palestinians a “grand prize of terrorism.”
Prime Minister Netanyahu addressed reporters at the prime minister’s residence in Jerusalem in what has become an almost weekly news conference. He insisted that Israel’s only path to a Palestinian state was direct dialogue, not forced settlement.
Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke in response to repeated statements. phone US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday expressed acceptance of Palestinian statehood during the annual Munich Security Conference, calling it a “special opportunity” to build ties with the Arab world. (The Abraham Accords that President Donald Trump negotiated between Israel and Arab states did not depend on a Palestinian state.)
Israel’s ceremonial president Isaac Herzog met with Blinken on the sidelines of the Munich conference on Saturday. Said He said any “opportunity” must await the completion of the mission to “eradicate” Hamas.
At a press conference, Prime Minister Netanyahu referred to Friday’s deadly terrorist attack in which two Israelis were killed and observed that Israel’s enemies want to “kill us all.”
He also conveyed a message from a wounded soldier praising the heroism of Israeli soldiers and urging them to fight until victory.
On Monday, he spoke about the rescue of two Israeli hostages from Rafah in the Gaza Strip and the tension in the room as he watched the operation from afar, saying it was a “narrow line” between success and failure. He recalled meeting and hugging the Special Forces soldiers who carried out the operation, and spoke of what he called an “amazing generation” of Israelis who rose to meet the challenges of the October 7 attacks and their aftermath. praised the members of
Prime Minister Netanyahu vowed to continue pursuing Israel’s goal of annihilating Hamas, adding that Israeli soldiers were tracking Hamas leaders from hideout to hideout underground in Gaza. He added that Hamas leaders will soon have nowhere to hide.
He recalled a recent conversation with US President Joe Biden, who has publicly opposed Israeli operations in Rafah, where the last Hamas battalion is based. Prime Minister Netanyahu said asking Israel not to join Rafah was asking it to lose the war. We also object to the Biden administration’s granting of statehood to the Palestinians as a result of the war, saying it is outrageous to hand over the victory of Palestinian statehood to Hamas terrorists after starting a war with the genocide of innocent people. He said he was conscientious.
Prime Minister Netanyahu concluded his prepared remarks by urging Israelis not to listen to voices that seek to reintroduce divisions among Israelis. He said the entire nation wanted to “unite for victory” and that the need for such unity superseded any political differences.
Asked about the impasse in negotiations over the release of Hamas hostages, Prime Minister Netanyahu said that when Israeli representatives recently went to talks in Cairo, Egypt, with the sole mission of hearing proposals, “They sat and listened.” But nothing has changed.”
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh lives in luxurious exile in Doha, Qatar. repeated On Saturday, the terrorist organization announced it would not release the hostages until the war ends and Israel withdraws all its forces from Gaza. This is a “non-starter” for Israel.
Prime Minister Netanyahu responded to a question about Israel’s recent credit downgrade by Moody’s, saying that Israel’s macroeconomic health remains strong and the only problem is the war. He said Israel’s credibility would improve if it won the war.
He said that dividing the country over politics during a war would give Israel’s enemies an advantage, and that unity was not just “spin” but a necessity.
Asked about military operations in Rafah, Prime Minister Netanyahu said it would be possible to evacuate civilians to many other parts of the Gaza Strip and the only challenge would be to do so in an orderly manner, but Israel’s He claimed there was nothing to stop them from entering.
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Herzog said the free world must oppose any de-escalation of terrorism, and as many Palestinians celebrated the October 7 attacks, it became impossible for Israelis to trust the Palestinians. He reminded the audience that “We need to offer a vision of peace…but I think we need to add an element of reality.…If we don’t find real solutions to Israel’s security problems, it won’t happen. Let’s go.”
Like Netanyahu, Herzog said a Palestinian state would be a “prize” for Hamas. He said peace would first depend on a major agreement between Israel and other Arab countries, and then a solution for the Palestinians would be found within that framework.
Herzog called the Iranian regime and its terrorist proxies an “evil empire,” and said fundamentalists in Tehran were fueling Islamic extremism in the region and around the world and promoting Nazi-style anti-Semitism with propaganda. He pointed out that there was.
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