US Senator Says Netanyahu Has ‘Shut the Door’ on Two-State Efforts

On Sunday, Senator Chis Van Hollen (D-MD) said during an interview with an American news channel that Prime Minister Netanyahu has “shut the door” on efforts to establish a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine following the war.

 Van Hollen was responding to a question surrounding a statement recently released by Netanyahu in which the prime minister said he was "proud" to have prevented the possibility for a two-state solution.
“I am proud to have prevented the establishment of a Palestinian state, because today everyone knows what that Palestinian state could have been after we saw the little Palestinian state in Gaza," the prime minister said this weekend.

“This is a direct response to President Biden calling for a two-state solution. Ultimately it’s the only political settlement that’s viable,” said Van Hollen, in reference to the statement.