US watching to see if Netanyahu’s actions match words on 2 states

The White House continued to express its displeasure with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, as US President Barack Obama’s chief-of-staff, Denis McDonough, criticized the premier for saying a more stable region is a precondition to the establishment of a Palestinian state.

 

McDonough, in an address to J Street’s annual conference in Washington, referred both to Netanyahu’s preelection statement saying a Palestinian state would not come into existence under his watch, and his clarification in media interviews afterward that he had not withdrawn his support for a two-state solution.

 

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