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Netanyahu says root of conflict is ‘Palestinian refusal to recognize Israel’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA day after the Knesset passed a law to legalize settlement outposts in the West Bank, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the “root of this [Israel-Palestinian] conflict” is Palestinian refusal to recognize Israel.
“The reason that we do not have peace with the Palestinians is a simple truth: the determined refusal of the Palestinians over the last 70 years, 68 years since the foundation of Israel, to recognize Israel under any borders,” Netanyahu says during a press conference with visiting Belgian President Charles Michel.
“I await the day when there will be Palestinians who will finally be able to recognize the State of Israel. That will be the beginning of peace and a big step toward its fulfillment,” Netanyahu says.
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