Israeli Prime Minister and Likud party’s candidate running for general elections, Benjamin Netanyahu is surrounded by bodyguards during his visit in Har Homa, an Israeli settlement neighbourhood of annexed east Jerusalem, on March 16, 2015 on the eve of Israels general elections. AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images) | MENAHEM KAHANA via Getty Images
| By ARON HELLER Source: Huffington Post
JERUSALEM (AP) — Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a Palestinian state will not be established on his watch if he is re-elected.
In an interview published Monday, Netanyahu tells the daily Maariv newspaper that withdrawing from occupied areas to make way for a Palestinian state would only ensure that territory will be taken over by Islamic extremists. When asked if that means a Palestinian state will not be established if he is elected, Netanyahu said “indeed.”
His comments come a day before a March 17 election that is viewed as a vote of confidence in Netanyahu, whose Likud Party is trailing the centrist Zionist Union in recent polls.
Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip in 2005. The Islamic militant group Hamas took over two years later and escalated attacks on Israel.
The first honest thing he said …
He is at least more honest than those who say one thing to the outside world while telling their home audiences the complete opposite.
Yes. The first time the Guy tell the truth.