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February 15, 2017       Share:    

Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-white-house-mideast-2-state-solution-20170214-story.html

U.S. Says Two-State Solution Isn't Condition for Mideast Peace

(Chicago Tribune) Tracy Wilkinson and Alexandra Zavis - A senior White House official briefing reporters on Tuesday ahead of the Trump-Netanyahu meeting on Wednesday said, "A two-state solution [between Israel and the Palestinians] that doesn't bring peace is not our goal that anybody wants to achieve." Asked whether peace didn't equal a two-state solution, the official said, "Maybe, maybe not." "It's something the two sides have to agree to," the official added. "It's not for us to impose that vision....Peace is the goal, whether it comes in the form of a two-state solution, if that's what the parties want, or something else. If that's what the parties want, we're going to help them."

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