‘I will not relinquish full security control over the western side of the Jordan River’: Israel PM Netanyahu
In a statement on X, Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu declared that he will not cede full security control of the West Bank, located west of the Jordan River. He emphasized that this would go against the creation of a Palestinian state.
- Middle East
- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 01:30 | 21 January 2024
- Modified Date: 01:30 | 21 January 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday he would not relinquish full security control of the west of the Jordan River, or the West Bank.
"I will not relinquish full security control over the western side of the Jordan River, this contradicts the establishment of a Palestinian state," Netanyahu wrote on X.
Netanyahu denied earlier Saturday, a statement from his office that he had informed US President Joe Biden about the possibility of a Palestinian state.
The denial came in response to a report published by CNN which said, "Netanyahu told Biden in private phone call he was not foreclosing the possibility of a Palestinian state in any form."
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