Netanyahu ready to back two-state solution

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Barak: Netanyahu ready to back two-state solution

By Natasha Mozgovaya, Haaretz U.S. Correspondent and Haaretz Service

Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Saturday said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was ready to declare his support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

"I believe Netanyahu is ready for a process whose end is two states for two peoples," Barak, who is also chairman of the center-left Labor party, told Channel 2.

Barak made the comments shortly before Netanyahu was to set off for a meeting with United States President Barack Obama in Washington, where he was likely to be asked to commit to the establishment of a Palestinian state.

The defense minister said that during the trip, "Netanyahu will tell Obama: We're willing to engage in a process whose end is a regional peace accord."

In the Channel 2 interview, Barak also downplayed Netanyahu's reluctance to support a two-state solution in the face of mounting international pressure to do so.


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[IndianaGreen]

1. And Barak is so reliable, like Arlen Specter.

:eyes: