‘Israel conducts the events from a sovereign position, with responsibility and discretion despite the provocations,’ Ben-Shabbat said in response to a US attempt to dictate policy in Jerusalem.
It ‘makes no sense from a U.S. negotiation posture. We’re giving up historic leverage in exchange for compliance with an already flawed deal that is already expiring.’
The Palestinian leadership is now hoping that the Biden administration will turn a blind eye to the ‘pay-for-slay’ program and allow them to continue funding terrorists and their families.
Israel and a number of Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia, are concerned about the growing Iranian threat and fear the US will rejoin the nuclear deal, reports indicate.
‘The facts on the ground are irreversible. The percentage of Jews in the West Bank is equivalent to 33 million Americans,’ said Baruch Gordon, director of West Bank Jewish Population Stats.