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Israel Urging U.S. Not to Talk about Two-State Solution
(Times of Israel) Jacob Magid - Israeli leaders have been privately urging the Biden administration to refrain from publicly talking about the two-state solution after Hamas' Oct. 7 terror onslaught, four Israeli and U.S. officials said this week. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, War Cabinet member Benny Gantz, and even Opposition chairman Yair Lapid conveyed their discomfort with the Biden administration's revived rhetoric regarding the need for a two-state solution since the war's outbreak. "A two-state solution after what happened on Oct. 7 is a reward to Hamas," said one Israeli official. "Netanyahu is the one saying it loudly and bluntly, but there truly isn't any appetite right now in Israel across the political spectrum for the idea of two states." A U.S. official said that Washington has no intention to tone down the public rhetoric regarding the need for a two-state solution. He said, "We have our own domestic politics and our global diplomatic standing to take into account. We're doing a lot for Israel, and they need to understand this is something we need to do."