Obama: World Does Not Believe Israel Serious About Two-State Solution

Obama said it was “difficult to simply accept at face value” Netanyahu’s comments about accepting a Palestinian state, and that these statements “appear to look as if this is simply an effort to return to the previous status quo – that we talk about peace in the abstract, but it is always tomorrow.”

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, April 14, 2015.

Obama: Netanyahu's Palestine stance erodes Israel's credibility The international community does not believe that Israel is serious about a two state solution, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has placed so many conditions to its establishment that it is unrealistic to think it could come into existence in the near future, US

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Why Palestinian Statehood Poses Such A Threat To Israel

“Israel fears Palestine, as its existence simply denies and poses a challenge to its territorial claims. Everything Israel has done since 1948 has been toward the annihilation of Palestine. There is no tip-toeing around it. Of course Tel Aviv will oppose Palestine’s statehood claim.”

Catherine Shakdam
By Catherine Shakdam
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014. Israel's prime minister said Sunday that the public expects the government to "return to normal conduct" and hinted at the possibility of early elections if his coalition does not overcome a crisis linked to a contentious nationality

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Israeli Official On Indefinite Occupation Of Palestine: ‘Live With It’

The economy minister’s flouting of the official government promotion of a two-state solution is likely to cause tensions.

Noga Tarnopolsky
By Noga Tarnopolsky

JERUSALEM — Israel’s minister of economy, Naftali Bennett, caused a firestorm in Israel today when he said the idea of a Palestinian state had run its course — and that Israel should “move on.” "The attempt to establish a Palestinian state in our land has ended," said Bennett, a member of the security cabinet and leader if the right-wing

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