U.S. Doubts Over Netanyahu May Spur ‘Other Steps’ on Peace
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The U.S. is weighing a new approach to Middle East peace that may be less supportive of Israel, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raised doubts that he would ever accept a Palestinian state.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro said on Israeli radio Sunday that if it’s impossible to reach a peace deal with the Palestinians as long as Netanyahu is prime minister, the question arises “what other steps can be taken to continue in the right direction of attaining two states for two peoples.”