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02-17-2017, 11:10 AM
http://l1.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/VhOcyO4vbnmmUnILGHiaMQ--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/3de5a74485525e82c4f94da5320a078cf36a322d.jpg (https://www.yahoo.com/news/israeli-joy-palestinian-alarm-trump-two-state-shift-160958778.html)Donald Trump's shelving of the decades-long goal of a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict excited Israelis and alarmed the international community Thursday, though an official appeared to temper his comments. In the first meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since his inauguration, Trump on Wednesday broke with international consensus and decades of US policy insisting on a future that included an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel. The two-state solution has long been the cornerstone of US and international policy and the seeming shift met with hostility from other world powers Thursday.



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