The prime minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu said today that he reiterated to US President Joe Biden his position on the possibility of a “Palestinian sovereignty”, insisting on the “demand” for security.

The two leaders had a telephone conversation yesterday for the first time in almost a month. The American head of state said after the conversation that it was still possible that Netanyahu would accept some form of a Palestinian state.

During the conversation, “Prime Minister Netanyahu reiterated his policy, according to which only the Hamas exterminated, Israel must maintain control of security in Gauze in order to ensure that Gaza no longer constitutes a threat to Israel, a requirement that contradicts the demand for Palestinian sovereignty,” the office of the head of the Israeli government said today.

Yesterday, a White House spokesman, John Kirby, said that Mr Joe Biden “continues to believe in the prospect and possibility” of a Palestinian state, but “recognizes that it will take a lot of work to get there.”

A day before, Netanyahu had declared that “Israel must have security control over all the lands west of the Jordan. This is a necessary condition, which contradicts the idea of ​​(Palestinian) sovereignty.”