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Eugene

(62,503 posts)
Thu Jan 18, 2024, 04:50 PM Jan 2024

Netanyahu says he has told US he opposes Palestinian state in any postwar scenario

Source: Associated Press

Netanyahu says he has told US he opposes Palestinian state in any postwar scenario

BY NAJIB JOBAIN, JOSEF FEDERMAN AND JACK JEFFERY
Updated 2:45 PM EST, January 18, 2024

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday rejected U.S. calls to scale back Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip or take steps toward the establishment of a Palestinian state after the war, drawing an immediate scolding from the White House.

The tense back and forth reflected what has become a wide rift between the two allies over the scope of Israel’s war and its plans for the future of the beleaguered territory.

“We obviously see it differently,” White House national security spokesman John Kirby said.

Netanyahu spoke just a day after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Israel would never have “genuine security” without a pathway toward Palestinian independence. Earlier this week, the White House also announced that it was the “right time” for Israel to lower the intensity of its devastating military offensive in Gaza.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-01-18-2024-73d552c6e73e0dc3783a0a11b2b5f67d

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Netanyahu says he has told US he opposes Palestinian state in any postwar scenario (Original Post) Eugene Jan 2024 OP
Fuck BiBi............................. Lovie777 Jan 2024 #1
Bibi is banking on his buddy Trump being back in office next year. LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2024 #2
This has always been the case with him - that's why things are now how they are there. kysrsoze Jan 2024 #3

LetMyPeopleVote

(152,037 posts)
2. Bibi is banking on his buddy Trump being back in office next year.
Thu Jan 18, 2024, 05:00 PM
Jan 2024

Anyone supporting Palestine should turn out to vote for President Biden. President Biden is pushing for a two state solution and Bibi needs TFG back in office to block a two state solution. If TFG is re-elected, Bibi will stay in power and you can forget a two-state solution


kysrsoze

(6,094 posts)
3. This has always been the case with him - that's why things are now how they are there.
Fri Jan 19, 2024, 12:11 PM
Jan 2024

He's always opposed a Palestinian state, which is why he sidelined the PA and negotiated with Hamas.

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