John Bolton, President Trump’s national security adviser, declared that “Palestine” is not a state in an exchange with a reporter on Wednesday.
The reporter asked Bolton during a press briefing if it was “productive” for him to refer to “Palestine” as a “so-called state.” Bolton interjected that it was “accurate” to call it that.
“It’s not a state now,” Bolton said. “It does not meet the customary international law test of statehood. It doesn’t control defined boundaries. It doesn’t fulfill the normal functions of government.”
Bolton added, “It could become a state, as the president said, but that requires diplomatic negotiations with Israel and others. So calling it the ‘so-called State of Palestine’ defines exactly what it has been, a position the United States government has pursued uniformly since 1988 when the Palestinian Authority declared itself as the State of Palestine.”
Bolton also noted that both Republican and Democrat administrations have been against the United Nations recognizing “Palestine” as a state.
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Additionally, Bolton stated that Iran has “pursued a policy of hostility toward the United States:
"The Iranian regime has systematically pursued a policy of hostility toward the United States,” national security adviser John Bolton says after the US pulls out from a 63-year-old friendship treaty with Iran pic.twitter.com/Rfdob1fXGS
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