Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon has reiterated his opposition to the notion of Palestinian statehood, saying he was shocked by the public criticism has was met with in insisting the two-state proposal was effectively dead in the water.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quick to disavow Danon’s statements, and admonished the members of the coalition government to stop issuing statements on the matter, saying it was necessary to keep up at least the appearance of solidarity among the coalition.
Yet Danon’s assessment appears accurate in the sense that there has been no effort to bring up the two-state solution in any actual resolutions, and there appears to be enough overt opposition in the tenuous coalition to block any attempt to actually push a deal through.
Danon predicted that opposition even within Likud was so deep that if there was any “actual action” it would spark an ideological revolt against the proposal, and said Israel should instead annex the West Bank.
Is DM Damon aware of a movement called "BDS"? If not, he should be made aware – If he thinks that Israel can just "annex" Czechoslovakia, (excuse me) – I mean the West Bank, – without opposition , he is historically ignorant.
Netanyahu is lying again, and is furious with Danon for telling the truth and exposing the way the Palestinians are being played.
It is long past time to end playing at a Palestinian state. It is all one country now, and half of its people are treated as serfs or worse. It is time for a civil rights campaign, including the refugees who would have returned to a separate Palestine that now will never be.
Israel has already stolen all of the land of the West Bank – keeps Gaza as a concentration camp – there will be NO 'Palestinian state.
It is not Israel's place to grant statehood. Palestine was already granted that by the UN along with the partition plan, but Israel stole most of it with the aid of traitor Abdallah of Jordon. Now the US of Israel
is securing the rest.