Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar delivered a blunt rejection of international two-state solution pressure Wednesday, telling a delegation of American journalists that “a Palestinian state in the heart of Israel would indeed be a solution—for those who seek to eliminate us” and suggesting Western nations advocating for Palestinian statehood should “establish it on their own territory” instead.
Speaking during a briefing with senior journalists from Newsmax and other major American media outlets visiting Israel as part of the Foreign Ministry’s public diplomacy efforts, Sa’ar warned that “Establishing a Palestinian state within the ’67 borders, with its capital in East Jerusalem—a short distance from here—would put Israel’s population centers in grave danger, and would push Israel to borders that cannot be defended.” The foreign minister’s stark
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