Analyst:

Israel seeks to prevent creation of Palestinian state

Rasa - Israel will seek to prevent the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in the occupied territories at any cost, says Mark Glenn, an American author and political analyst.

News ID: 430029

Date: 01 June 2017 - 20:27

RNA - “Israel considers any Palestinian state within that territory, which she considers to be her land by virtue of divine right, considers that to be heretical,” Glenn said during an interview with Press TV on Tuesday.

“Who will not accept this of course are the Israelis themselves, who do not believe in a Palestinian state, the very notion of that is heretical and they are never going to allow it to happen,” he said.

“Israel is prepared to do anything necessary in order to prevent that from happening, including the most terrific acts of false flag terrorism,” he added.

Former US Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said Monday that US President Donald Trump will not be able to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict simply because the two-state solution is no longer “viable.”

“[Trump] is an optimistic man and can take a good shot at it, but I don’t think the conditions exist,” Bolton said in East Jerusalem al-Quds, according to Israeli media.

“We have to keep in mind that John Bolton is effectively the voice of Benjamin Netanyahu, the entire Likud party and even a number of Israeli politicians on the left,” Glenn noted.

Bolton’s bold prediction came just a few weeks after Trump met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas earlier this month and promised to broker a “peace” deal.

Trump discussed the possibility of a peace deal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his recent visit to Israel as part of his first overseas trip.

This is while Netanyahu has been widely criticized for having seriously dimmed the prospect of a deal by, among other things, caving in to the demands of the far-right extremists that surround him.

The expansion of settlement construction in occupied Palestinian territories under Netanyahu has been one of the major hurdles on the path towards a possible deal.

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