(Telegraph-UK) Robert Tait - "The Americans have made it very clear that [recognition of Israel as a Jewish state] is their position," a Palestinian official told the Daily Telegraph. "They talk about it in meetings with our side and make an issue out of it. We have made it very clear that we are not going to sign any agreement that recognizes Israel as a Jewish state." Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, told Sunday's cabinet meeting: "The Palestinians are continuing their campaign of inciting hatred, as we have seen in the last few days with their refusal to recognize Israel as a state for the Jewish people....This is the main issue that we're discussing with [Kerry]. We are not foreigners in Jerusalem, Beit El or Hebron. I reiterate that, in my view, this is the root of both the conflict and the incitement - the non-recognition of this basic fact."
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