Netanyahu: 'I am ready for negotiations with the Palestinians'
Trump's peace initiative 'calls for a realistic two-state solution,' Israeli PM says
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said overnight Sunday he is ready to sit with the Palestinians around the negotiating table.
“Israel is ready for negotiations, I am ready for negotiations and believe that many Arab states hope we will enter such negotiations with the Palestinians,” Netanyahu said in a pre-recorded video aired at the Christians United for Israel Virtual Summit, cited by outlet N12.
The Israeli premier commended US President Donald Trump for his tough stance on Iran and lauded the Trump administration's Mideast peace proposal.
“The US president’s vision finally brings an end to the illusion of the two-state solution and calls for a realistic two-state solution,” Netanyahu told the conference goers as quoted by N12.
“Applying Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria [West Bank territories] in any future peace agreement will not reduce chances for peace but will advance the peace,” he added.
He then implored the Palestinians “not to waste another opportunity, not to waste another decade in the attempt to eradicate Israel. They should support Trump’s place for peace,” according to N12.