State Department Spokesperson Asked If Two-State Solution Is 'Still And Official Policy Of The US Government?'

State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce was asked about Israeli settlements in the West Bank, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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00:00Thank you very much. I have a question on the West Bank. Israeli Justice Minister Yair Lavev today

00:06said that the time has come to annex the occupied West Bank. Do you have any reaction to this,

00:13and what is this administration's position on a potential Israeli annexation of the West Bank?

00:20Well, I think that is specifically something that the White House would be able to answer for you,

00:25but I also know that our position regarding Israel, the choices it's made,

00:30is that we stand with Israel and its decisions and how it views its own internal security.

00:34And is the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict still an official policy of the U.S. government?

00:44What I can say there is that President Trump is realistic about the current state of affairs.

00:51Clearly, Gaza is an uninhabitable place. It needs to be rebuilt with the help of Arab partners.

00:59I think he has said previously that the nature of what has happened and what we have to get to,

01:06we don't have a ceasefire yet. Hopefully that will change.

01:09But that is getting quite ahead of the dynamic in general, so that is what the President's focused on.