As New Jewish Housing Grows, Netanyahu Calls Palestinian State a Risk to Israel’s Future
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently rejected the idea of a Palestinian state, calling it an "act of suicide." According to CBN News, Netanyahu explained why the two-state solution for Israel and Palestinians would be dangerous.
"Before World War II, the Western countries tried to appease Hitler," the Israeli Prime Minister continued.
"Well, today the West is telling Israel, 'Just give the Palestinians a piece of Israel and they'll make peace with you.' No, they won't. For the last century, they've been offered a state of their own. And they refused, because their goal is not to create a state for themselves, it's to destroy the state of ours, the Jewish state. That's their national goal. So we're not going to – we're not going to commit national suicide."
He made the statement while announcing a large housing project for Jewish residents in the West Bank, despite international criticism.
Netanyahu's finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, also supported the Israeli Prime Minister for his response.
"Anyone who tries to, today in the world, to recognize a Palestinian state will receive an answer from us on the ground...in the form of houses, the facts of neighborhoods, roads, and more and more Jewish families building lives."
In an interview with CBN News, Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz contended the Palestinians haven't earned statehood.
"Let them work for it," he told us. "Make sure it's done as part of a negotiated deal to require them to give up something and to create some kind of quid pro quo."
"But, no. France and England, and other countries, are saying, 'We're going to give you something for nothing," Dershowitz said. "We're not going to make you do anything when not even asking you to return hostages."
He also noted that the war in Gaza has reached a breaking point.
"The clear message that's being sent by the international community is: Use terrorism. It works," he said.
"The Bible commands human beings to exercise their free will: 'I have placed before you the choice between life and death, between blessing and curse. Therefore, choose life.' And Hamas has chosen death. And the international community has chosen to reward the choice of death rather than the choice of life."
He recently shared a case of Anti-Semitism where he was refused service by a vendor in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, for wearing a T-shirt that read, "Proud Zionist," CBN News reported.
"The support of Christians, evangelical Christians, Christians of every denomination, couldn't be more important," he stated. "I have to tell you, that is as important as the Iron Dome is. The Iron Dome of Christianity has probably done more to protect Israel from the oppression and hatred than almost any military weapon."
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Originally published August 15, 2025.
