First the good news, Israeli PM Binyamin (Bibi) Netanyahu has said that he can visualise a Palestinian state, this is a first by an Israeli leader, EVER. Hooray!
Now the bad news, only if it has no army or control of its airspace.
Furthermore, he supports continual development of settlements in occupied West Bank.
So one step forward and two steps back.
We Lib Dems support Nick Clegg's call to and end to arming Israel.
We have long supported the Two-State Solution, namely for Israel to revert to its "internationally recognised" pre-1967 borders.
This may be unwelcome to some, but we have Israel's long-term interest at heart, as well as wanting justice for the Palestinian people.
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