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Netanyahu Vows No Palestinian State and Pledges Border Demography Shifts
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Firstpost•14-10-2026, 16:18
Netanyahu Vows No Palestinian State and Pledges Border Demography Shifts
- •Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that no Palestinian state will be created as long as he remains in office.
- •Netanyahu pledged to alter the demographic balance in Israel's border regions by establishing new Jewish communities in the Galilee and Negev.
- •Facing a tight election race against opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot, Netanyahu stoked fears of a potential Arab takeover.
- •Israel is set to hold elections on October 27, marking the first vote since the October 7 attack and subsequent conflict.
Key Questions Answered
Ahead of the upcoming elections, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that there would be no Palestinian state as long as he remains in office. He also declared that what was going to be a Palestinian state will not rise.
Netanyahu pledged to establish new Jewish communities in the Galilee region near the Lebanese border and in the Negev region near Gaza to create Jewish majorities. Rather than expelling Arabs, he plans to encourage Jews from other parts of the country to relocate and build housing there.
Israel is scheduled to hold elections on October 27, marking the first vote since the October 7 attack that triggered the Israel-Hamas war and the subsequent multi-front regional conflict.
