Bennett's UN strategy: Engaging the world without the Palestinians
When Naftali Bennett addresses the General Assembly on Monday, talks with the Palestinians will not be part of his speech
By LAHAV HARKOV
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
‘Exhausting.” “Irksome.” “Nuisance.” These are some of the words sources close to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett used in recent days to describe the persistence of those within the Israeli government and outside it to constantly bring up the issue of the Palestinians. And the Palestinians are expected to be mostly absent from Bennett’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Monday.
Bennett has opposed a Palestinian state, on both ideological and national security grounds, consistently throughout his public life. When he first ran for office, Bennett often said Israel has enough to offer so that its relations with the world should not revolve around the Palestinians. In 2013, in his first term as an MK and minister, Bennett famously compared dealing with the Palestinian issue to a friend who has shrapnel in his behind, saying that the surgery to remove it would be worse than living with the shrapnel.
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When Naftali Bennett addresses the General Assembly on Monday, talks with the Palestinians will not be part of his speech
By LAHAV HARKOV
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
‘Exhausting.” “Irksome.” “Nuisance.” These are some of the words sources close to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett used in recent days to describe the persistence of those within the Israeli government and outside it to constantly bring up the issue of the Palestinians. And the Palestinians are expected to be mostly absent from Bennett’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Monday.
Bennett has opposed a Palestinian state, on both ideological and national security grounds, consistently throughout his public life. When he first ran for office, Bennett often said Israel has enough to offer so that its relations with the world should not revolve around the Palestinians. In 2013, in his first term as an MK and minister, Bennett famously compared dealing with the Palestinian issue to a friend who has shrapnel in his behind, saying that the surgery to remove it would be worse than living with the shrapnel.
more............. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/b...ing-the-world-without-the-palestinians-680170
