Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid's mention of a two-state solution, the first by an Israeli leader in years at the United Nations General Assembly, echoes US President Joe Biden's support in Israel in August for the long-dormant proposal.
His mention of a two-state solution, the first by an Israeli leader in years at the United Nations General Assembly, echoed US President Joe Biden’s support in Israel in August for the long-dormant proposal.
Israel captured East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza – areas that Palestinians seek for an independent state – in a 1967 Middle East war. US-sponsored Israeli-Palestinian peace talks collapsed in 2014. Widely believed to have the Middle East’s only nuclear weapons, Israel regards Iran as an existential threat. Tehran denies trying to develop a nuclear weapon.Efforts to reach a two-state Israeli-Palestinian deal have long been stalled.
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