Israeli ministers insist there will be no Palestinian state
11/16/2025 12:29:00 PM
Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz and Foreign Minister Gideon Saar have reiterated the government’s stance that it will not accept a Palestinian state.
“Israel’s policy is clear: There will be no Palestinian state,” Katz said on X, adding that Gaza would be “demilitarised down to the last tunnel”, and Hamas disarmed by the Israeli military in parts of Gaza under its control and by the international stabilisation force or the Israeli military in the rest of the enclave.
In a separate post on X, Saar said Israel “would not agree” to the establishment of a Palestinian state.
The comments came after two far-right Israeli cabinet ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, called on Netanyahu to assert that Israel would never accept the establishment of a Palestinian state.
They made their demands following the release of a US-organised joint statement on Friday by nations including Qatar, Egypt, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, which asserted that Trump’s plan for Gaza offered a pathway to Palestinian statehood.
“Israel’s policy is clear: There will be no Palestinian state,” Katz said on X, adding that Gaza would be “demilitarised down to the last tunnel”, and Hamas disarmed by the Israeli military in parts of Gaza under its control and by the international stabilisation force or the Israeli military in the rest of the enclave.
In a separate post on X, Saar said Israel “would not agree” to the establishment of a Palestinian state.
The comments came after two far-right Israeli cabinet ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, called on Netanyahu to assert that Israel would never accept the establishment of a Palestinian state.
They made their demands following the release of a US-organised joint statement on Friday by nations including Qatar, Egypt, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, which asserted that Trump’s plan for Gaza offered a pathway to Palestinian statehood.