Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israel "must have security control over all the territory west of the Jordan [River]", saying he had made this clear to Israel's "American friends". "This is a necessary condition, and it conflicts with the idea of [Palestinian] sovereignty," Netanyahu said in a televised news conference. Seeking a more permanent solution to the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict that forms the backdrop of the current war between Israel and Hamas, the United States has pushed Israel for steps toward the establishment of a Palestinian state. The former US president feels that Netanyahu betrayed him by recognising Biden's electoral victory in November 2020. Could Washington's $3 billion in annual military aid to Israel be at stake?

Source: The North Africa Journal January 20, 2024 16:00 UTC