(Community Matters) Reports of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s conditions for Palestinian statehood
• Any Palestinian state must be demilitarized, without an air force, full-fledged army or heavy weapons.
• Palestinians may not sign treaties with powers hostile to Israel.
• A Palestinian state must allow Israeli civilian and military aircraft unfettered access to Palestinian airspace, allow Israel to retain control of the airwaves and to station Israeli troops on a future state’s eastern and southern borders.
• Palestinians must accept Israel as a Jewish state, a nod to the hawkish side of Mr. Netanyahu’s governing coalition that has raised concerns that the Palestinian Authority, which nominally governs the West Bank, does not recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
I don’t have ample perspective of how much progress this represents. Certainly understand the conditions from security & negotiating perspectives, imagining the other side would be looking for a phase out of the conditions that limit autonomy and self defense.
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