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.
If that's the path the Palestinians are going to go along, I personally believe it has to be a decision that's taken in a positive sense, rather than a negative sense, not just because the two state solution is no longer working, but because this is something that Palestinians inherently want.
So those seeking a two-state solution still hope for a division of land between the two nations.
He argues that in signing those accords Yasser Arafat put the principles of recognition and a possible two-state solution ahead of the need to stop the process of Israeli colonisation which was shredding one of those two states to ribbons.
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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.
The US supports a two-state solution, with Israel existing peacefully alongside a Palestinian state.
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.
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.
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.
In so doing, it will advance the cause of peaceful coexistence over the long-term far better than the failed two-state solution.
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It is in the interests of both parties to reach an agreement that can create a lasting peace and two-state solution.
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