Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana calls for the annexation of the West Bank while on a tour of the northern part of the territory, and says that settlements are the only way for Israel to achieve peace.
“On the seventh of October not only Israeli citizens were murdered but also the idea that was mistakenly called ‘the two-state solution’,” says Ohana, a member of the Likud party.
“These Biblical, original, parts of our land, which in the Bible tells the story of our people, are intended for us, for the people of Israel, need to be in the territory of the State of Israel, under the ownership of Israel, under full Israeli sovereignty, and I think that today this thing is clearer than ever.”
The Knesset speaker describes Israeli settlements in the West Bank as “not only not an obstacle to peace” but rather “our one and only way, for the people of Israel, of the State of Israel, to arrive at peace.”
Ohana also praises US President Donald Trump for proposing ideas “outside of the box” and describes him as “the best friend Israel ever had in the White House.”
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