T. Belman. It is important to note that this statement was made by a female Minister and in the UAE.. I would have preferred she would have said “a Palestinian state, with or without an army”. In effect she is saying Israel would consider a demilitarized state. How sad. I thought this idea was buried a decade ago.
Interior minister tells The National that while Israel favors “economic peace,” it will not support a Palestinian state with an army.”
By Dean Shmuel Elmas, ISRAEL HAYOM
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, currently visiting the United Arab Emirates, says in an exclusive interview to the Emirati news outlet The National that Israel under Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will not consider the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Shaked told The National that the Bennett-Lapid coalition government had agreed not to tackle any issues that could cause rifts, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.>
According to Shaked, the government’s stance was that “economic peace” would improve the lives of the Palestinians and in favor of mutual industrial zones. However, she stressed that Israel would “definitely” not support a Palestinian “state with an army.”
The National pointed out that Shaked rejects the labeling of Israeli settlements “illegal,” preferring to call them “territory under dispute.” In the interview, she called the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement against Israel “hypocrites.”
“BDS is a new form of antisemitism,” Shaked said.
The interior minister told the paper that Israel had gained first-hand experience that showed that whenever it withdrew from a contested territory, a terrorist organization would spring up in the vacuum, citing southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip as examples.
“We will not repeat this experiment again,” Shaked said.
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