Obama: No ‘meaningful framework’ in place for Palestinian state

The Washington Post: President Obama on Tuesday said that the possibility of peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians seems “very dim” in the wake of comments Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made before his reelection last week.

Netanyahu had said shortly before the election that he opposed a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, though he walked back the comments after he was reelected. Even if you accept the reversal, “it’s hard to envision” how to get to a secure Palestinian state and a “fully recognized Jewish state of Israel,” Obama said.

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