Netanyahu says he will speak with President Donald Trump about settlements when they meet.
Speaking during the annual Prime Minister’s Questions in the Knesset, Netanyahu said the issue would be one of a number of topics discussed.
Netanyahu was answering a question from Jewish Home’s Bezalel Smotrich asking whether, given yesterday’s announcement to build 1,500 new settlement homes, he would disavow his 2009 Bar Ilan speech is support of the two-state solution ahead of meeting the new president.
“Believing in a certain policy does not mean you have to say everything you plan to do,” Netanyahu says.
“I have a clear policy. In order for any possible peace negotiations to be fruitful the Palestinians need to recognize Israel, and they are not willing to, and our territory has to be secured,” he adds.
“Those are the principles I said at Bar Ilan. I haven’t changed them.”
— Raoul Wootliff
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