Netanyahu to Blinken: American recognition of a Palestinian state would be "a reward for the planners of the October 7 massacre" According to two senior Israeli officials, the government is concerned about unilateral recognition of the Palestinian state by the Biden administration. The far-right ministers in the government, Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gabir, are pushing for a preliminary move in the form of an official cabinet decision according to which the Israeli government's policy is opposition to Palestinian state.