• Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, pauses while speaking during the American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., U.S., on March 2, 2015. He denied reports that he has backed away from seeking a two-state peaceful solution with the Palestinians. | BLOOMBERG
    Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, pauses while speaking during the American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., U.S., on March 2, 2015. He denied reports that he has backed away from seeking a two-state peaceful solution with the Palestinians. | BLOOMBERG

  • Reuters

  • SHARE

JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office denied reports on Sunday he has backed away from a 2009 commitment to seek a two-state peaceful solution with the Palestinians.

A statement by Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party widely reported by Israeli media said he had said that a speech he gave six years ago agreeing for the first time to Palestinian statehood as a solution to decades of conflict was now “irrelevant.”

Unable to view this article?

This could be due to a conflict with your ad-blocking or security software.

Please add japantimes.co.jp and piano.io to your list of allowed sites.

If this does not resolve the issue or you are unable to add the domains to your allowlist, please see out this support page.

We humbly apologize for the inconvenience.

In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.
By subscribing, you can help us get the story right.

SUBSCRIBE NOW

PHOTO GALLERY (CLICK TO ENLARGE)

, , ,