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.
And he certainly believes that it is profoundly in the interests of both the Palestinians and the Israelis to achieve that two-state solution that gives Palestinians sovereignty and gives Israel the secure Jewish state that they need and deserve.
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.
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".
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.
We know the two-state solution you said is a critical interest of the United States.
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Netanyahu, of the center-right Likud party, has pointedly refused to endorse a two-state solution.
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It would be neither independent nor viable, and would end the two-state solution as commonly understood.
Perhaps more importantly, this military solution and current state of emergency is potentially damaging for the military.
As you know, the United States has worked consistently toward the goal of achieving the two-state solution.
"All of them are for a two-state solution, " he told me on BBC World TV's Impact programme.
So those seeking a two-state solution still hope for a division of land between the two nations.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said it was the "last chance to save the two-state solution" with Israel.
"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.
The Palestinian UN Ambassador Riyad Mansour described the move as "a very important step to save the two-state solution".
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The PLO issued a statement after the meeting criticizing Netanyahu for failing to more explicitly endorse a two-state solution.
Every possible effort must be exerted in order to preserve the two-state solution.
But Netanyahu maintains that a two-state solution requires a viable partner for peace.
Netanyahu, of the center-right Likud party, previously refused to endorse a two-state solution.
But fresh capital is not necessarily the solution to the state banks' woes.
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.
That is, by anyone's standards, a deal-breaker, ruling out any sudden sprint to the two-state solution supported by almost everyone else.
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