Trump Administration Again Declines To Endorse 'Two State' Solution

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

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By Patrick Goodenough | August 24, 2017 | 4:24 AM EDT

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https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/trump-administration-again-declines-endorse-two-state-solution

(CNSNews.com) – Seven months into the Trump administration, Palestinian leaders say they still don’t know what President Trump’s position is on their conflict with Israel, frustrated that he refuses to commit publicly to the so-called “two-state solution” as the key to resolving it.

As a delegation led by White House adviser Jared Kushner arrived in the region for meetings with Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, there was a glimpse of that frustration in the State Department briefing room on Wednesday.

“Why are you so loath to say – to commit yourself, to recommit yourself to the two-state solution?” asked Said Arikat, Washington bureau chief for the Palestinian newspaper Al- Quds.

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“Why are you so loath to say – to commit yourself, to recommit yourself to the two-state solution?” asked Said Arikat, Washington bureau chief for the Palestinian newspaper Al- Quds

Better question - why didn't you accept it in 1947, instead of declaring war three times and losing in '48, '67, and '73?

[Right_in_Virginia]

Actually, during the press conference with Netanyahu during his visit to the WH earlier this year, the President said he wasn't endorsing either a two-state or a one-state solution.  He would support whichever route to peace was agreed to by both sides through negotiations.