Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated during a pre-election interview with the Hebrew website Arutz 7 on Sunday that a Palestinian state will not be created, “not like the one people are talking about.”
“It won’t happen,” the official asserted.
The remark comes after Reuters reported on Saturday that the Israeli prime minister will seek an extension of Israeli sovereignty over settlements in the occupied West Bank territories if he wins another term in the upcoming elections that will take place on 9 April.
In February, Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett alleged that Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump were planning to establish a Palestinian state in the West Bank and divide Jerusalem “a day or two after election day.” Netanyahu immediately reacted to the claims, describing them as “unfounded.”