Israeli Minister: Palestinians Should Not Have “National Rights”

Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- Israeli Minister of Settlements and National Missions Orit Strock said that Palestinians should not have “national rights”, including the right over land and voting.

In an interview with the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, Strock outlined her plans to annex as much land as possible in the occupied West Bank under the incoming Trump administration, saying that Palestinians would have “full individual rights, not national rights”.

“My office is working at full throttle to ensure that if sovereignty [annexation] is applied, it will cover the maximum area possible,” she said.

When asked about what would be done to Palestinians living there, she said that “all people have human rights, though the national right over the land belongs solely to the people of Israel.”

“They can stay here, as human beings, of course, and to be a Jewish state, we should grant them full human rights in my view.”

When she was questioned about what rights Palestinians would be granted, she said that “national rights over this land belong only to the Jewish people.”

“I think a model needs to be found, but they shouldn’t be able to vote for the Knesset [Israeli parliament], right? I don’t have a precise formula to give you at the moment. It’s a matter before us, and it needs discussion. One thing is clear: there must not be a Palestinian state.”

The far-right minister reiterated her position that giving up any territory to Palestinians, as well as supporting the idea of a two-state solution, would bring “terror” instead of peace.

“The main lesson of 7 October is that anyone who thinks giving up territory will bring peace is wrong,” she said.

Regarding Gaza, Strock said the government should not bother with an exit strategy from the besieged Palestinian enclave as the goals of the war are clear: to neutralize Hamas’s military and organizational strength and ensure Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel.

Strock added that achieving this will require a long-term presence in Gaza.