Controversy
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Who Will Control the West Bank After the Israel-Gaza War?
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Henry Kissinger"[T]he West Bank should be put under Jordanian control [after the war]."
Benjamin Netanyahu"In the future, the state of Israel has to control the entire area from the river to the sea."
J StreetNetanyahu is "building and bulldozing [his] way to permanent, undemocratic control of the West Bank."
Benjamin Netanyahu"I will not compromise on full Israeli security control over the entire area west of Jordan."
Benjamin Netanyahu"Israel will maintain full security control over the entire area of west of Jordan."
Salam Fayyad"There is not really a whole lot left in the legitimacy tank of the PA [to rule over the West Bank]."
Vedant Patel"The viability of the Palestinian Authority is essential to stability in the West Bank."
Dahlia Scheindlin"They [Netanyahu's coalition partners] want complete and permanent control over as much of the West Bank as they can have."
Jo-Ann MortMahmoud Abbas "doesn't have the power" to assert Palestinian statehood in the West Bank.
Mahmoud AbbasThe Palestinian Authority "will assume our full responsibilities within the framework of a comprehensive political solution, encompassing both the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza."
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