EU, Jordan ‘won’t abandon’ two-state solution for Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Published time: 8 Dec, 2017 16:05 Edited time: 8 Dec, 2017 16:06 The EU’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and her Jordanian counterpart Aymane Safadi said on Friday that they would not abandon the two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “We definitely don’t give up,” AFP quoted Mogherini as saying. US President Donald Trump’s […]

Here’s what the end of the two-state solution would mean for Israel and Palestine

REUTERS/Carlos Barria When President Trump dropped the longstanding American insistence on the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, he veered away from the two-state premise that has been at the core of Middle East peace efforts for decades. The idea of dividing the land shared by Israelis and Palestinians goes back to 1947. That’s […]

White House: Mideast peace may not come in the form of a two-state solution

Reuters WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that peace between the Israelis and Palestinians may not come in the form of a two-state solution — a dramatic shift from former President Barack Obama, who said he saw no alternative. Speaking to reporters ahead of President Donald Trump’s meeting Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]