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Merkel stresses 2-state solution in call with Netanyahu

BERLIN (AA): Chancellor Angela Merkel has reaffirmed Germany’s commitment for a “two-state solution” in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday.

“The Chancellor has underlined the continuing importance of a two-state solution that can be achieved through negotiations between the two parties,” her spokesman Steffen Seibert said in a statement.

“This must remain the goal of international efforts,” he stressed.

Merkel’s strong remarks in favor of a two-state solution came amid media reports that claimed U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan was likely to stop short of a full Palestinian statehood.

Washington Post reported on Sunday that Trump’s plan was expected to suggest a Palestinian “autonomy” rather than “sovereignty.”

On Monday, former European politicians slammed Trump for pursuing a “one-sided’ policy in the Israel-Palestine conflict.

“Europe should reject any plan that does not create a Palestinian state alongside Israel with Jerusalem as the capital for both countries,” they said in a letter sent to the EU and European governments as well as British newspaper The Guardian.

The letter was signed by more than 30 former foreign ministers and prime ministers.

The Frontier Post

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