A high ranking Israeli government official denied on Sunday Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent statements about deploying international forces in the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli official told Radio Israel that Netanyahu rejected a suggestion made by Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop to deploy international troops in the Gaza Strip.
Netanyahu reportedly told Minister Bishop that Israel learned from long experience that it can’t rely on international forces to protect it.
Worldwide military forces would be ineffective in the region and would not be able to properly ensure Israel’s safety he claimed.
Israel will never relinquish security control of the entirety of the West Bank Netanyahu answered Bishop who had asked him what he meant when he spoke of supporting a “Palestinian state” according to a report by Radio Israel about the meeting between the two.
Earlier Sunday Israeli media reported that Netanyahu has suggested during his meeting on Sunday morning in Sydney with Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop deploying international forces in the Gaza Strip as a security solution to deal with the Gaza Strip.
Commenting on Netanyahu’s statements Hamas Movement declared sending international forces to the Gaza Strip “is a dangerous matter and it is totally rejected.”
It is a new Israeli attempt to liquidate the Palestinian cause the Movement said.
