Netanyahu says Israel to keep control of Palestinian areas after war with Hamas ends

On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented his first official “day after” plan for the Gaza Strip once Israel’s war on Hamas ends, saying Israel will keep security control over all Palestinian areas and make reconstruction of Gaza dependent on its demilitarization. The document proposes Israel would maintain security control over all land west of Jordan, including the occupied West Bank and Gaza — territories where the Palestinians hope to establish an independent state. It was swiftly dismissed by Palestinian officials as doomed to failure.

• Israel to keep security control on Palestinian areas, Netanyahu says in ‘day after’ plan