Israel FM: establishment of Palestinian state 'unrealistic'

Israel’s newly appointed Foreign Minister, Gideon Sa’ar, has stated that establishing a sovereign Palestinian state “is not a realistic goal today.”

 In response to a question about the creation of a Palestinian state in exchange for the normalisation of ties between Israel and Arab countries, the minister said: “I don’t think this position is realistic today and we must be realistic.”

He added, “In a word: no,” suggesting that any future Palestinian state would essentially be a “Hamas state,” in his view.

According to AFP, the normalisation agreements between Israel and Arab nations are expected to be revived following US President-elect Donald Trump’s election last week.

Saudi Arabia has conditioned the establishment of ties with the occupation state on the creation of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. During Trump’s first term as president, the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan signed normalisation agreements with the apartheid state of Israel and have since established trade deals with it.

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