Israeli Minister: Annex West Bank and make Arabs citizens

The occupied West Bank should be annexed by Israel and Palestinians allowed to participate in Israeli general elections, member of Israeli party Jewish Home Zvulun Kalfa said on Tuesday.

Kalfa, who is a member of the Israeli Knesset, told The Times of Israel newspaper that Palestinians should be treated equally and given the rights of complete citizenship in Israel as part of the one state solution. He also called for giving them the right to invest in infrastructure.

Renowned for his strong opposition of the two-state solution, he called for establishing one state on the whole area of ‘Israeli land” where all people, Arabs and Jews, become full citizens with equal rights.

This way, the extremist MK claims, Israel would distance itself from the accusations of marginalising Arabs and that it racially discrimination against them.

Kalfa refuted fears that in future the majority of Israelis would be of Arab origin saying if the one state solution was fulfilled, Jews would remain the majority.

Head of the Jewish Home and the member of current Israeli government, Naftali Bennett, is also opposed to the two-state solution. He suggested Israel not include the Palestinians in a one state solutions but instead to give them a sort of modified autonomy.