Israeli Foreign Minister Saar says there will not be a Palestinian state

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, asked on Wednesday what the plan was for a Palestinian state, said there would not be any.

Saar made the comment to reporters following a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington that the foreign minister described as “very good.”

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump presided over a policy meeting on Israel’s war in Gaza and post-war plans for the Palestinian territory on Wednesday with input from former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former Trump Middle East envoy Jared Kushner, a senior White House official said.

Trump, top White House officials, Blair and Kushner discussed the hostage crisis, plans to escalate food aid deliveries, post-war plans and more, the official told Reuters.

The official described the session as “simply a policy meeting,” the type frequently held by Trump and his team.

Kushner, who is married to Trump’s daughter Ivanka, was a key White House adviser on Middle East in Trump’s first term. Blair was prime minister during the 2003 Iraq war over which he has faced widespread criticism.

Photo: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar

Source:  Reuters