Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely says she has “no doubt” Israel would reach “agreements” with the Trump administration on extending sovereignty to the West Bank.
Speaking at the Jerusalem Conference organized by the right-wing B’Sheva paper, the Likud lawmaker laments that “for many years, we said no to a Palestinian state, instead of saying yes to sovereignty.”
“I have no doubt that with this current American administration, with the right cooperation and work, we can reach agreements on this topic — something that never existed on the past,” says Hotovely. “There was never [before] a [US] administration that said settlements are not an obstacle to peace.”
She was referring to a statement by the White House in February 2017 in which the nascent administration declared that settlements are not an “impediment to peace.”
That statement, however, further said that “the construction of new settlements or the expansion of existing settlements beyond their current borders may not be helpful.”
Her comments also came a day after US President Donald Trump, in an interview with the Israel Hayom daily, said the settlements “complicate” peace efforts.
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