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THE United Nations and the Arab League restated their commitment to a Palestinian state yesterday after US President Donald Trump suggested a one-state solution to the Israeli-Arab conflict.
After a meeting in Cairo, UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres and his Arab League counterpart Ahmed Aboul-Gheit said they had agreed that the two-state solution was “the only way to achieve a comprehensive and just settlement to the Palestinian cause.”
That potentially put them at odds with Mr Trump, who reneged on the US’s long-standing support for a Palestinian state at a White House press conference with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday.
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