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March 25, 2015

Obama Will "Evaluate Honestly" Approach to Mideast Peace After Netanyahu's 2-State Rejection 
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President Obama says he continues to re-evaluate his approach to the
Israel-Palestine conflict following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu's rejection of a two-state solution. U.S. officials have
suggested they might take steps including no longer vetoing U.N.
Security Council resolutions critical of Israel. Speaking to reporters,
Obama said a peace deal is unlikely while Netanyahu is in office.

President Obama: "I will continue to do whatever I need to do to make
sure that our friends in Israel are safe. That's what I've done since
I've been president. And that's not going to stop. And so, the Israeli
people need to know that. But I am required to evaluate honestly how we
manage Israeli-Palestinian relations over the next several years. What
we can't do is pretend that there's a possibility of something that's
not there. And we can't continue to premise our public diplomacy based
on something that everybody knows is not going to happen, at least in
the next several years."

 

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