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White House: Israeli-Palestinian Talks Unlikely in Next 14 Months
(Jerusalem Post) Tovah Lazaroff - White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Monday: "I think we have been quite candid about the fact that given the dynamic on both [the Israeli and Palestinian] sides, it is unlikely that the two-state solution will be reached in the next 14 months. It is even unlikely that talks in pursuit of that two-state solution would begin in the next 14 months...while Obama was in office." "We will need to see a commitment on the part of the Palestinian leaders, too, to ending violence and incitement and demonstrating their commitment to negotiating in good faith," Earnest said. "The commitment of the U.S. to Israel's security is unshakable. Israel is the strongest ally the U.S. has in that region of the world and improving and strengthening Israel's security is good for the national security of the U.S.," Earnest said.