U.S. Envoy Questions Israeli Commitment to Two-State Plan
- Criticizes settlement expansion, attacks against Palestinians
- Israeli general sees opportunities in Iran nuclear agreement
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U.S. Ambassador Daniel Shapiro told a conference attended by Israeli politicians and military officials that the Obama administration questions whether Benjamin Netanyahu’s government really wants peace with the Palestinians.
Israel needs to halt settlement expansion, mount a “more credible” campaign to control settler violence and open more West Bank land to Palestinians to show its commitment to peace efforts, Shapiro said at the conference organized by the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv.