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"[Benjamin Netanyahu]'s speech closed the door to permanent status negotiations," senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat said. "We ask the world not to be fooled by his use of the term 'Palestinian state' because he qualified it. He declared Jerusalem the capital of Israel, said refugees would not be negotiated and that settlements would remain."
"It's natural for all parties to lay out red lines and concerns, and I think he did that," [Don Cohen] said. "It's easy to say "yes we agree to peace,' but what will that look like? ...I wasn't troubled that he laid out some red lines. These are things that need to' be put on the table... They shouldn't be read as preconditions. I support the restart of negotiations without preconditions.""I don't see this as helpful," [Ronald Stockton] said about the speech as a whole. "It's very much what he's been saying for a couple of decades... this speech is meaningless."See the full content of this document
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Netanyahu's Speech Draws Sharp Criticism
DEARBORN - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a speech on Sunday, June 14 that some have described as a groundbreaking acceptance of the creation of a Palestinian state, while others call it a debilitating step backward...
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