The prime minister of Israel delivered a speech announcing positions on the peace process and Palestinian statehood that contradicted the views of the U.S. president and the international community.

The prime minister rejected full Palestinian statehood, instead saying that “we would like this to be an entity which is less than a state.” He rejected withdrawing to the 1967 lines, declaring that “the borders of the State of Israel…will be beyond the lines which existed before the Six Day War. We will not return to the 4 June 1967 lines.”