NETANYAHU: ISRAELI LAND SWAPS WITH PALESTINIANS WON’T BRING PEACE:

PM Benjamin Netanyahu on 30 May 2017 said that any future peace agreement reached with the Palestinians must include an Israeli military presence in Judea & Samaria, and offered insight on security concerns the government may have following a prospective deal. Netanyahu said that "In any peace agreement we [Israel] will have to maintain military control of all the territory west of the Jordan River. This is the truth and I will continue saying this truth." Netanyahu indicated that an Israeli military withdrawal from all areas of Judea & Samaria would create a vacuum prone to takeover by extremists, who could pose a threat to Israeli security. (J. Post) Should anyone think it far-fetched reasoning for Israel to be concerned about creating a vacuum for Islamists by surrendered territory for a false peace agreement: In 2005, Israel uprooted every soldier and Jew living in the Gaza Strip hoping it would encourage peace. Instead, Hamas, a terrorist organization that calls for genocide of all Jews, quickly came to power in that area, has launched tens of thousands of rockets and missiles at Israeli civilians and provoked three wars against the Jewish state since 2008.