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Israeli

(4,306 posts) Mon Aug 23, 2021, 03:43 AM Aug 2021

Shaked threatens Yamina will quit government if Lapid advances Palestinian state

PM's longtime running mate issues warning after foreign minister suggested two-state solution could be discussed once government rotates and he is standing at helm of affairs

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked warned on Sunday that her Yamina party will quit the government if coalition co-leader Yair Lapid works toward the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Shaked was responding to an interview the foreign minister gave to public broadcaster Kan last week in which he stated that "a two-state solution could be advanced when the government rotates in two years' time."

Lapid and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett both head the coalition under a rotating power-sharing deal, with the Yesh Atid chief slated to become prime minister after two years.
At the same time, Lapid acknowledged that the prospect of a Palestinian state could not even be raised during Bennett's time at the helm as his political faction categorically opposes such a move.

"If this happens [Lapid] won't have a government," Shaked told Kan Radio in an interview. "No Palestinian state will be established in a government that we [Yamina] are party to. This thing is known to Lapid and [fellow coalition members on] the left. It was clear that this government won't deal with such contentious issues."

The issue of the two-state question has reportedly arisen ahead of Bennett's upcoming meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden scheduled later this week in Washington.

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If I am not mistaken sabbat hunter Aug 2021 #1

I wish I had your optimism Israeli Aug 2021 #2

sabbat hunter

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1. If I am not mistaken

Reply to Israeli (Original post)

Mon Aug 23, 2021, 01:35 PM

Aug 2021

the Joint list holds 6 seats as well. Hopefully Yair Lapid can entice them to join the government if Yamina leaves, thus preserving the government.
Or
Bennett will pull a Menachem Begin, and a right winger will be the one to have a Palestinian state formed under his watch.

Israeli

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2. I wish I had your optimism

Reply to sabbat hunter (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 26, 2021, 03:57 AM

Aug 2021

I dont .

Bennett is totally against a Palestinian state and has publicly stated so .

Begin was the first to encourage settlement of the West Bank , the only right winger who had
the courage to take on the Settlers was Arik Sharon and he was secular .

And Then Biden Will Ask: 'Bennett, Where Did the Palestinians Disappear To?'

Prime Minister Bennett promised a 'new spirit,' but on his way to the White House he is sticking to a long-standing tradition set by his predecessor Netanyahu

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has promised change and a new spirit, but en route to Washington, he stuck to the tradition that his predecessor, Benjamin Netanyahu, practiced over many years – talking a lot about Iran and remaining silent when it comes to the Palestinians.

Perhaps he hopes that his host, President Joe Biden, hasn't heard about them. At their White House meeting on Thursday, Bennett may try to run out the clock talking about Iran until Biden has no time left to talk about the occupation, the settlements in the West Bank or about Gaza, where tensions are rising.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-and-then-biden-will-ask-bennett-where-did-the-palestinians-disappear-1.10150062

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