Israel must clarify its position on peace talks with Palestinians or risk “perpetual occupation and conflict,” German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said Wednesday at a security conference in Tel Aviv.
“As a friend and close ally, we need to know if Israel is not supporting a negotiated solution to this conflict anymore,” he said. “What exactly is Israel’s strategy in this conflict?”
Germany and the European Union support the creation of a Palestinian state as part of a two-state solution to the long-standing conflict.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly said Palestinians should govern themselves but has not clarified whether that would mean an independent state or greater autonomy within Israel. A majority of lawmakers in Netanyahu’s Likud party reject a Palestinian state.
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