Mike Gapes, deputy chairman of Labour friends for Israel, said Mr Sharon's plan gives "the beginnings of a possibility" of some movement towards a two state solution for the Middle East.
We will work tirelessly with you as partners for peace in the Middle East: for a two state solution that provides for nothing less than a secure Israel safe within its borders existing side by side with a viable Palestinian state.
Opponents of the Palestinian bid argue that it is a unilateral action that will undermine attempts to negotiate a two state solution, and that it could be little more than an empty gesture even if it succeeded, since it will hardly charge the lives of Palestinians.
So those seeking a two-state solution still hope for a division of land between the two nations.
But Netanyahu maintains that a two-state solution requires a viable partner for peace.
Mr Burt restated the support of successive UK governments for a two-state solution with a "secure Israel living alongside a sovereign and viable Palestinian state".
For his part, Abbas thanked Bush for the peace initiative he launched at a conference last November in Annapolis, Maryland, where Israeli, Palestinian and U.S. participants agreed to a two-state solution as a goal.
Kerry has said he fears there is only a two- or three-year window of opportunity to reach a deal on a two-state solution that would end the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict and wants to move as quickly as possible.
The US supports a two-state solution, with Israel existing peacefully alongside a Palestinian state.
Mr Netanyahu has pursued a tough line towards peace negotiations, accepting the principle of a two-state solution but insisting the Palestinians accept Israel as a "Jewish state" and make reciprocal concessions.
It was Netanyahu who accepted a two-state solution and then enforced, upon American demands, a 10-month moratorium on settlement building, which was also an attempt to reach out to the center left.
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Olmert declared that a two-state solution was the only way of preserving Israel as a democratic state with a Jewish majority, and he said that he was ready to negotiate with the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas.
Obama welcomed Netanyahu's speech as "an important step forward" and said the president remained committed to a two-state solution that would ensure Israel's security and provide the Palestinians "a viable state, " according to a White House statement.
Netanyahu, of the center-right Likud party, has pointedly refused to endorse a two-state solution.
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"All of them are for a two-state solution, " he told me on BBC World TV's Impact programme.
"It would represent an almost fatal blow to remaining chances of securing a two-state solution, " Mr Ban said.
Second, we desperately need a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians that provides security, justice and hope.
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Asked about the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Mr Netanyahu said the creation of a two-state solution depended "on the Palestinians".
The report welcomed the endorsement by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of a two-state solution to the conflict.
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The PLO issued a statement after the meeting criticizing Netanyahu for failing to more explicitly endorse a two-state solution.
Netanyahu, of the center-right Likud party, previously refused to endorse a two-state solution.
For the Left, this option has been the fantasy of a two-state solution.
Messrs Yakobson and Rubinstein happen to support a two-state solution, and note that most Israelis say they support it too.
At the talks on Monday, Mr Netanyahu was pressed by President Barack Obama over US plans on a two-state solution.
And it was Sharon, more than any current Israeli politician, who brought the two parties closer to a two-state solution.
Sen Kerry warned "the window or door on a two-state solution could shut - and that would be disastrous for all concerned".
He cites a poll showing "an even split on dismantling settlements outside the major blocs" and "strong support" for a two-state solution.
When Carter was president in the 1970s, he received widespread criticism from the Jewish community for his endorsement of a two-state solution.
In his first speech accepting the concept of a two-state solution for the Middle East conflict, Netanyahu set rigid conditions for moving forward.
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