Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein said, Tuesday, that Israel cannot give up on any more territory. Speaking at a session of the plenum to mark 11 years since Israel's unilateral withdrawal from Gaza and parts of northern Samaria, he said, "In a place where they destroy, peace will not blossom. Good will not blossom from a place where they expel people from their homes."
Edelstein continued, "Instead of uprooting and destroying, we must plant, build and fortify our foothold here." Promoting the notion of Israeli sovereignty over places liberated in the Six-Day War of 1967, he added, "We must declare, in a clear voice, that the era of evictions and handing over land has passed."