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Netanyahu Spokesman: Israel Wants Two States, Palestinians Don't
(Washington Examiner-The Hill) Kyle Feldscher - David Keyes, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, told CNN Thursday that the prime minister wants peace and even stopped construction in settlements, but that wasn't enough for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. "President Abbas didn't take that too seriously and that's because the issue isn't the settlements or the presence of Jews," Keyes said. "The conflict is not about the creation of a Palestinian state. It's about the existence of a Jewish state." Keyes said Secretary of State John Kerry's speech on Wednesday dealt with tangential issues, but he wasn't getting to the core issue of Palestinians refusing to acknowledge Israel's right to exist. "Peace can be forged when, at long last, the Palestinians recognize our very right to exist and no longer call Tel Aviv a settlement."