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Smotrich responds to Biden's proposal of a Palestinian state for Saudi normalization: We won't allow it

Smotrich: "A Palestinian state is an obstacle to peace and an existential threat to Israel."

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Smotrich. (Photo: Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Religious Zionism party chairman and Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich responded (Thursday) to America's condition of a Palestinian state in exchange for normalization with Saudi Arabia.

In a statement he issued, he wrote: "I am for peace with the nations of the region. For peace for peace! We believe Saudi Arabia also wants that. A Palestinian State is an obstacle to peace and an existential threat to Israel. We will not allow it. Not in deeds or declarations."

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