Netanyahu vows not to uproot Jews, Arabs from West Bank

27 September 2017, 8:23 pm

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At the state ceremony celebrating 50 years of settlement in the West Bank and Golan Heights, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows not to uproot any more settlements beyond the Green Line.

“There will be no more uprooting of settlements in Israel,” he says to an applause. “It’s not a question of context. We will not uproot Jews nor Arabs.”

“The Gush will always be part of Israel,” he says using the Hebrew name for the settlement bloc in the southern West Bank.

“Any territory that falls into the hands of radical Islam becomes the basis for violence, murder and death,” Netanyahu says. “Instead we will strengthen our home with this momentum.”

— Jacob Magid