Interview with the Israeli Ambassador to the United States | Yechiel Leiter

Gaza will never become an independent nation, Israel Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter says. “There's not going to be an independent sovereign state other than Israel west of the Jordan River,” Leiter told The Daily Signal. “There could be all sorts of autonomous arrangements,” he said, “but there's not going to be an independent sovereign Palestinian state west of the Jordan River. It's just not going to be.” The nation of Israel extends from the Jordan River west to the Mediterranean Sea to form the narrow country that is roughly the size of New Jersey. Since Hamas launched its attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, pro-Palestine protesters in America and round the world have chanted, “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” referring to Palestine fully occupying the land between the Joran River and the Mediterranean Sea, in turn eliminating the nation of Israel. Following Oct. 7, there is a “complete absence of bandwidth” in Israel for the creation of a Palestinian state next to Israel. There is, however, a great deal of interest in Israel to expand partnerships with nations in the Middle East through the Abraham Accords, according to Leiter.

Not only that. The Palestinians, as represented by Hamas, the Palestinian Liberation Organisation, the Palestinian Authority, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or Hezbollah, has never wanted a Palestinian State. Check out their Charters. Check out their position papers. Ask them: where is the map of what you would accept in a two-state solution? There is none. Because they never wanted a Two-state "Solution". Never wanted to live in peace with a Jewish neighbour. They have only ever wanted, and still only want, to eliminate Israel and kill all the Jews. That's the fact of the case. That's the TRUTH.

Stick through to the end. Ambassador Leiter talks movingly of his eldest son, who was killed recently in northern Gaza.