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Democrats clash over resolution calling for two-state solution

Democratic leaders and members are bickering over a resolution meant to reaffirm Washington’s longstanding commitment to a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Rep. Gerald Connolly, D-VA, speaks to the media after a closed House Democratic Caucus meeting in Washington, U.S., May 22, 2019. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert - RC124B32C580

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to annex parts of the West Bank, while President Donald Trump won’t commit to a two-state solution in his perpetually delayed Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. Meanwhile, Democrats on Capitol Hill are arguing among themselves about a single word in a symbolic resolution that endorses a two-state solution to the conflict.

Rank-and-file Democrats are accusing the party leadership of trying to water down and slow walk the resolution, which Democrats initially introduced to reaffirm a decades-long bipartisan pillar of US policy that has started to unravel under the Trump administration.

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