Pelosi and Netanyahu discuss two-state solution in phone call

by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent

(Worthy News) – US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone Wednesday and discussed, among other issues, a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Ynet News reports.

Reporting on the conversation, Ynet News noted it had taken place at a time when “Israel is trying to prevent personal tension between Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden over disagreements on several high-profile issues – including Israel-Palestinian relations and the Iranian threat.”

In a statement about the call, Pelosi’s office said she had reaffirmed “the unbreakable bond between [the US and Israel] and Congress’s unwavering support for a safe and secure Israel,” Ynet News reports. The two leaders also discussed the “COVID-19 response and our shared hope for regional peace, including a just, stable and enduring two-state solution,” the Speaker’s office said. Netanyahu’s office had not yet issued a statement about the conversation, Ynet News reported.

The call between Netanyahu and Pelosi took place after the Palestinian Authority (PA) officially informed the Biden administration that all Palestinian factions, including the Hamas terrorist organization, are committed to establishing a Palestinian state along the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, Ynet News said.

In any event, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi on Monday that the Biden administration believes “the two-state solution is the best way to ensure Israel’s future as a Jewish and democratic state, living in peace alongside a viable and democratic Palestinian state,” the State Department said in a statement.

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