Netanyahu Vows Opposition to Palestinian State... Again
Netanyahu declared his intent to oppose Palestinian statehood ahead of a UN vote. What the coverage often misses is that this pronouncement is not novel; Netanyahu himself reiterated this stance in 2002, 2006, 2014, and several times since. His 2015 election campaign famously stated, "I think that anyone who is going to establish a Palestinian state today and evacuate territories is giving attack
territory to radical Islam against the State of Israel." This isn't a negotiating position; it's a foundational refusal. While Newsweek and others frame this as a 'vow,' it's merely a restatement of a policy effectively implemented through settlement expansion and continued occupation. One might wonder, how many times can a global leader 'vow' the same thing before the media accurately calls it
'standard operating procedure'? The 'peace process' it supposedly undermines officially died years ago, smothered under concrete and endless 'security reservations.'