Earlier, Netanyahu responded Sunday morning to John Kerry’s warnings in the forum that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is trending toward a one-state reality on Sunday, saying that “Israel will not be a binational state”.
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“Israel will not become a binational state, but in order for there to be peace, the other side must decide if they want peace”, Netanyahu said at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting, according to a statement from his office. If you would like to discuss another topic, look for a relevant article.
In Friday’s assaults, three Palestinians stabbed Israeli soldiers in two separate incidents and later, a Palestinian rammed his auto into troops at an army post in the West Bank, wounding two soldiers before he was shot and killed by other troops at the scene.
He “spoke more despairingly, my friends, than I have ever heard him, about the sense of hopelessness that the Palestinian people feel”, Kerry said. Violence erupted over tensions at a sensitive holy site in Jerusalem, sacred to both Jews and Muslims, and quickly escalated and spread to the West Bank, Israel and the Gaza border.
More than two months of Palestinian knifings, car-rammings and occasionally shootings have killed 19 Israelis and a USA citizen.
Netanyahu said Erekat not only did not condemn the attack but also sympathized with the family of the attacker.
Wallstrom has drawn censure from the rightist Israeli government before; over Sweden’s recognition of Palestinian statehood a year ago and, following last month’s gun and bomb rampage by Islamic State militants in Paris, when she described the Palestinians’ plight as a factor leading to radicalization.
The Palestinians are also frustrated by the failure of decades of peace talks to deliver them an independent state. If that were to happen, Kerry said, Israel would be forced to assume all governance in the West Bank and potentially accept a one-state solution that would compromise Israel’s future as a democratic, Jewish state. Yousif said Israeli forces raided the medical center while the children were receiving treatment for tear gas inhalation. “But the continued settlement growth raises honest questions about Israel’s long-term intentions and will only make separating from the Palestinians much more hard”, he said.
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Kerry also said the time to for the two sides to come together has arrived, calling for urgent action.
