Here is what Netanyahu actually said:
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“I think that anyone who is going to establish a Palestinian state today and evacuate lands is giving attack grounds to the radical Islam against the state of Israel. There is a real threat here that a left-wing government will join the international community and follow its orders.”
In other words, Netanyahu is not rejecting a two-state solution in principle, but rather is saying that a two-state solution would be unviable under present circumstances for a variety of practical reasons. This does not mean that this solution will be unviable forever. Netanyahu clarified his position today:
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"I haven’t changed my policy," he said in the interview, his first since his resounding victory on Tuesday, which handed him a fourth term. "What has changed is the reality." ... "I don’t want a one-state solution; I want a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution, but for that, circumstances have to change,” he said. “I was talking about what is achievable and what is not achievable. To make it achievable, then you have to have real negotiations with people who are committed to peace.”
Given the missiles launched and the tunnels dug by Palestinians from Gaza against Israel last year, such a position is perfectly reasonable and should hardly raise eyebrows. But, the Democrats insist on twisting Netanyahu's original statement into something he never meant in order to continue their smear campaign against him.
And all the while, as Obama presses his assault against Netanyahu, his best ally in the Middle East, he negotiates to give nuclear weapons to the regime that took 52 American diplomats hostage in 1979, that sponsors terrorist organizations all over the Middle East, that has set up a puppet government in Iraq, that colludes with Bashar Assad in Syria, that labels America the "Great Satan," and that denies the legitimacy of the state of Israel.
Obama has come completely unhinged.
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