Benjamin Netanyahu is wrong to rule out closing West Bank settlements

Published August 29, 2017 7:00pm ET



On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Israel would never abandon any of its West Bank settlements.

“We are here to stay, forever,” he said. “There will be no more uprooting of settlements in the land of Israel. It has been proven that it does not help peace, we’ve uprooted settlements. What did we get? We received missiles. It will not happen anymore.”

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