The Sovereignty Movement welcomes the statement of the former President of the United States, Donald Trump, who considers the two state solution not implementable, and expresses hope of promoting the clear alternative – full Israeli sovereignty.
The Sovereignty Movement joins those supporting the former President of the United States, Donald Trump, who distanced himself from the notion of two states that he, too, finds to be increasingly unlikely.
This comes against the backdrop of an interview that Trump granted TIME Magazine, in which he stated that he has come around to the now widespread belief in Israel that a Palestinian state existing side by side in peace is increasingly unlikely. “There was a time when I thought two-state could work,” he says. “Now I think two-state is going to be very, very tough.”
Against this backdrop, and amid the burgeoning hatred and incitement, in whose spirit generations of Palestinians have been raised, he changes his position and assesses that the idea of two states is untenable.
Heads of the Sovereignty Movement, Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar, welcome the statement issued at this critical juncture for the State of Israel that is battling for its sovereignty.
Donald Trump's sentiments dovetail well with the words of former United States Ambassador David Friedman regarding the need to take the step of applying full Israeli sovereignty over Judea, Samaria, and the Jordan Valley.
“The American reassessment of the dangerous idea of two states is gradually gaining traction, and our hope is that if Donald Trump is reelected, he will be successful in promoting the vision of sovereignty together with the Israeli government, this time without the dangerous gamble of establishing a Palestinian state as part of a comprehensive deal.”
The movement recalls that as part of the Deal of the Century, promoted by Trump together with Prime Minister Netanyahu, there was talk of applying sovereignty over approximately thirty percent of Judea and Samaria, and the relinquishment of seventy percent of Judea and Samaria for negotiations between the Americans and the Palestinians regarding the establishment of a state containing isolated and threatened Jewish communities.
“After the October 7th massacre, it is eminently clear, even to the most sober analysts in the United States, that these dangerous ideas pose an existential threat to Israel's future. It is time to promote, in practice, the alternative of sovereignty as Israel’s only realistic political plan.”