Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Monday, July 23, 2018
Lapid: Future peace deal must include Israeli control of Jordan Valley
Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid says any future peace agreement with Palestinians must include Israeli security control of the Jordan Valley.
“There is no future agreement in which it does not function as the security border of the State of Israel. It belongs to the State of Israel,” he says during a tour of the Jordan Valley.
“This place is security, it’s agriculture, it’s Zionism… thanks to this holy triangle Israelis are able to exist in this crazy neighborhood,” he says.
Lapid also praises the female soldiers serving in the mixed gender units guarding the area, saying “this too is security for the State of Israel.”
— Jacob Magid
