This explains Netanyahu’s position much better and also explains he has not backed away from his Bar-Ilan speech.
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PM still wants ‘a peaceful two-state solution’
“I don’t want a one-state solution. I want a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution,” Prime Minister Netanyahu tells MSNBC in an interview after the elections.
Trying to clarify his position after the White House said it would draw its own conclusions from his comments on Election Day, in which he ruled out the establishment of a Palestinian state if re-elected, Netanyahu says, “I haven’t changed my policy. I never retracted my speech in Bar-Ilan University calling for a demilitarized Palestinian state that recognizes a Jewish state.”
Netanyahu explains that circumstances have changed since the Bar-Ilan speech was made in 2009.
Walking back pre-vote pitch, PM says he is not a one-stater
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3269694/posts
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I always knew Netanyahu would stick to his long-standing policy, going back years and years. And it didn’t take him long to do that.
At least till the next election campaign.