Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Wednesday responded to a statement by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Israel must accept a unified rule of Gaza and the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority, saying that "A Palestinian state would undoubtedly become a Hamas state."
He added that the Palestinian Authority “must stop paying terrorists, as stipulated by the European Union," referring to the PA's policy of paying stipends to terrorists or their families.