US President Barack Obama, reiterating his belief that a two state solution was the best way to ensure the long term security of Israel, said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pre-election stance would make it “hard to find a path were people are seriously belieiving that negotiations are possible.
Speaking to the Huffington Post in an Interview, on Friday, the US president added that Israel’s status quo of rejecting a two state solution to the Israel Palestine conflcit was ‘unsustainable’ and that Israel’s the continued expansion of Israeli settlements was not the best recipe for stability in the region.
Commenting on Netanyahu’s rejection of a two state solution to the Israel Palestine conflict, Mr Obama said,
“We take him at his word when he said that it wouldn't happen during his prime ministership, and so that's why we've got to evaluate what other options are available to make sure that we don't see a chaotic situation in the region.”
Speaking to the Huffington Post in an Interview, on Friday, the US president added that Israel’s status quo of rejecting a two state solution to the Israel Palestine conflcit was ‘unsustainable’ and that Israel’s the continued expansion of Israeli settlements was not the best recipe for stability in the region.
Commenting on Netanyahu’s rejection of a two state solution to the Israel Palestine conflict, Mr Obama said,
“We take him at his word when he said that it wouldn't happen during his prime ministership, and so that's why we've got to evaluate what other options are available to make sure that we don't see a chaotic situation in the region.”