The US State Department said Tuesday it supports Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his demand that the Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state."I'm not making any news here," State Department spokesman Philip Crowley told a press conference. Netanyahu said Monday that Israel would agree to extend a freeze in settlement construction if the Palestinians recognize Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people. |
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