Israel's Labor leader: West Bank won't be part of Israel

During an audience exchange at Channel 12 on Saturday, the head of Israel's center-left Labor party said it's a "shame" to invest in West Bank transportation, as the area won't be a part of Israel in the future. 

Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli was asked why she "froze all the transportation planning" in the West Bank, with the minister responding, "I didn't stop anything that was already in progress."

"I didn't release new things, that's true. Because I think it's a shame to invest in a place that in the end... it won't be part of the sovereign state of Israel."

The audience member replied, "But right now, there are residents there. Israeli residents, like you and me, who want to receive service like every other Israeli citizen receives - and there is no reason to deprive them."

Michaeli clarified, "There was no deprivation. In terms of the basket of resources, the south and the north were much more deprived."