Appearing with Clinton Thursday at a meeting of the American Jewish Committee, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Israel's right-leaning coalition government now sees a two-state solution of the Middle East conflict as a "compelling imperative."

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

Lawmaker Tzachi Hanegbi, head of parliament's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee during the time of the prisoner's detention in 2010, told Israel Radio on Sunday his committee was frequently briefed by Israel's intelligence bodies on matters of national security, but he was never told about the prisoner.

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