In his first address to the Knesset, Habayit Hayehudi leader Naftali Bennett on Tuesday rejected any possibility of an agreement that would lead to the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel.
"There's no place in our small and stunning piece of God's country for another state," he said. "It won't happen. But friends, before any debate about territory, it must be said: The Land of Israel belongs to the people of Israel. Now let's argue."
Bennett also referred to his commitment to making the defense burden more equitable.
"My Haredi brothers, army service is also a mitzvah, no less than that," he said. "It cannot be that they [the Haredim] won't serve in the army. It cannot be that they won't bear the economic burden. This is clear to the Haredim as well."
Bennett called on the new MKs to band together to advance their common goals.
"For the first time there are 47 new MKs, a record number, creating a special mix of elected officials who are not tied to a long list of obligations to vote contractors, tycoons, or unions or to any conceptual fixations. We can create partnerships that were thought in the past to be impossible, so we can bring the Jewish people achievements that until now seemed impossible."
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