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Palestinian President Abbas: Two-state solution may not be available for long

insidetrack IndiaJuly 15, 2022

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday said there was a narrowing window for the two-state solution to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“The opportunity for a two-state solution on the 1967 borders may be available today, and it may not remain for a long time,” Abbas said after meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden in the occupied West Bank.
Abbas also asked for U.S. support to holding accountable the killers of Palestinian-American journal Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed during an Israeli raid in the West Bank city of Jenin on May 11.

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insidetrack IndiaJuly 15, 2022

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insidetrack India

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