Israel's Netanyahu told US he opposes Palestinian state after Gaza war

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that he relayed to American officials his opposition to a Palestinian state in the aftermath of the Gaza war. 

“In any future settlement, Israel must control all the territory west of the Jordan River,” Netanyahu said in a press conference, adding that he communicated this position to the Biden administration.

He acknowledged that Israeli control of that territory contradicts the notion of Palestinian sovereignty.

Netanyahu said the Biden administration was pushing for a two-state plan to be embraced after the Israeli premier is no longer in power. “When political elements in Israel are talking about ‘the day after’ [the war in Gaza], they are actually talking about ‘the day after Netanyahu.’ And those people who talk about ‘the day after Netanyahu,’ what they really talk about is the establishment of a Palestinian state with the Palestinian Authority,” he said.