Israel’s Knesset votes to reject Palestinian statehood
Al Jazeera
The resolution says the creation of a Palestinian state would pose an ‘existential danger’ to Israel.
Israel’s parliament has passed a resolution that overwhelmingly rejected the establishment of a Palestinian state, Israeli media reported.
The resolution passed in the Knesset with 68 votes in favour and just nine against it early on Thursday.
It said that a Palestinian state would pose “an existential danger to the State of Israel and its citizens, perpetuate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and destabilize the region”.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition with far-right parties co-sponsored the resolution. Opposition leader Yair Lapid’s centre-left party left the session to avoid supporting the statement, despite previously saying he favoured a two-state solution, the Times of Israel newspaper reported.
Mustafa Barghouti, the secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, slammed the passing of the resolution.
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