Israeli science minister denounces prospect of Palestinian state

Speaking strongly against the establishment of a Palestinian state, Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis (Likud ) said at The Jerusalem Post’s New York conference that “Jews have had a connection to the Land of Israel before anyone else was walking on this land.”
 
A Palestinian state would place a direct security risk on all the citizens of Israel. “We don’t need another terrorist state in the Middle East,” he said. “Israel needs stable and defendable borders... i promise you, so long as i am elected in my country, a Palestinian state will not be created,” Akunis declared.
 
While late, former president Shimon Peres for years spoke of a New Middle East, said Akunis, indeed there has developed a “new” one, but only for the worse, as more and more organizations deny the Jews’ connection to Jerusalem and and its homeland. It is an Arab winter and not an Arab spring," he insisted.
Defense Ministry to conduct exercise on Highway 35 on Sunday afternoon
Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow forces airport closure, Russia says
US condemns shooting of Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe
Israeli man arrested in Albania after trying to leave with undeclared €194,000 - report
IDF Arabic Spokesperson Avichay Adraee issues evacuation notice to residents north of Gaza City
Fire breaks out in Haruvit Forest, not yet contained
France's Armed Forces Minister reaffirms no weapons being sold to Israel
IDF arrests PIJ Jenin Battalion commander during West Bank operation
Twenty live hostages, two undetermined, 33 dead, says Israeli source
North Korea internet hit by a major outage, analyst says