Israel National News reports: “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Thursday that Israel will not agree to the establishment of a Palestinian state, even if it means forgoing normalization with Saudi Arabia.

‘There will not be a Palestinian state. It’s very simple: it will not be established,’ Netanyahu said in an interview with the Abu Ali Express Telegram channel.

When asked whether his opposition to Palestinian statehood stands even if it jeopardizes normalization with Riyadh, which has demanded a credible path to Palestinian statehood as a condition, Netanyahu replied, ‘The answer is: a Palestinian state will not be established. It is an existential threat to Israel.’

The Prime Minister noted that the war in Gaza had delayed progress toward normalization with Saudi Arabia, but added that ‘the conditions could develop’ now that the war is winding down…”