Netanyahu Rejects Palestinian State Idea, Calls it “Folly”

Occupied Jerusalem (Quds News Network)- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the idea of a Palestinian state as “nothing more than folly.” Speaking at the JNS International Policy Summit in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday, Netanyahu attacked the notion that creating a Palestinian state would bring peace.

“We just tried a Palestinian state in Gaza. You saw what that brought, right?” he asked.
Netanyahu made these remarks in front of ambassadors, telling them that the idea of peace through a Palestinian state was misguided.

The Israeli prime minister also mentioned that during a visit by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during the early days of the genocide, Scholz reportedly compared the October 7 operation on Israeli military sites to Nazi atrocities after seeing an Israeli propaganda video.

Netanyahu responded, saying the comparison was flawed. “The Nazis tried to hide their crimes. These people, however, film their brutality,” he claimed. He added that he spoke about raped women, burnt babies, and beheadings, claims that have been debunked. Israel later admitted that these reports were false.

Netanyahu also addressed U.S. involvement in the Gaza genocide. He claimed that the Biden administration had threatened to cut off military aid if Israel entered Gaza. “We told them we are not a satellite state of the U.S.,” Netanyahu said.

The United States has consistently claimed that the Palestinian people do not want peace, citing resistance to Israeli attacks. In contrast, the U.S. claimed repeatedly that Israel wants peace.

Before October 7, 2023, Gaza had been under a strict blockade for 17 years, severely restricting the movement of people and goods. Israel implemented a “calorie count” system to control the amount of food entering Gaza, aiming to limit the daily caloric intake per person. This policy has been widely criticized as a form of collective punishment.

The blockade has led to widespread poverty, limited access to healthcare, and a reliance on humanitarian aid for basic needs.

Most residents of Gaza are refugees who were expelled from their homes during the 1948 Nakba, when Zionist militias, which later became the Israeli military, displaced over 700,000 native Palestinians to establish Israel. These refugees and their descendants have lived in Gaza under difficult conditions, with limited rights and opportunities, denied from returning to their homes.