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Prime Minister Netanyahu at the Start of the Government Meeting

Israel - Prime Minister's Office

Type: Media Statements
Government: The 37th Government
Publish Date: 16.11.2025

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today , at the start of the Government meeting :

"We are in an election year. The elections will take place by the end of the [Jewish] year, we know that, and I assume at the end of the [Jewish] year. But during this election year, we are witnessing a primary election attack, both from within the Likud and outside of it. The issues that are constantly being discussed in this attack of tweets, which I don't recall regarding security matters previously, are: 'I said, I did, I updated,' and also regarding issues related to our national security. I remind you that these matters are determined in coordination with the Prime Minister, who is responsible for this.

Now I want to address two specific issues:

The first issue is the subject of the alleged 'non-demilitarization' of the part of Gaza that is in the hands of Hamas. There will be no such thing. Even in the 20-point plan, and in everything else, this territory will be demilitarized, and Hamas will be disarmed. Either this will happen the easy way or it will happen the hard way. This is what I said, and this is what President Trump also said.

And regarding a Palestinian state: Our opposition to a Palestinian state in any territory west of the Jordan [River], this opposition is existing, valid, and has not changed one bit.

I have been rebuffing these attempts for decades and I am doing it both against pressures from outside and against pressures from within. So, I do not need affirmations, tweets, or lectures from anyone.

Recently, we have been witnessing two types of disturbances that we reject completely. One is the disturbances against elected officials, whoever they may be, and there was such violence against our friend, MK Ben-Tzur, just yesterday. This is a very small minority; it does not represent the ultra-orthodox public. But we must fight these violations of the law with all our might, and we will do so.

The second thing is also done by a minority, a minority that enters Judea and Samaria, and does not represent the large public of settlers, who are law-abiding and loyal to the state. And against them too, these disturbances, both against IDF soldiers and against Palestinians, we will take very forceful action against this, because we are a nation of law, and a nation of law acts according to the law."