Netanyahu's Speech On Middle East Peace -- Reaction And Analysis

Binyamin Netanyahu refused to halt Israeli settlement-building in his speech. (Baz Ratner/Reuters)

Netanyahu Backs Palestinian State, With Caveats -- New York Times

JERUSALEM — The prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Sunday endorsed for the first time the principle of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, but on condition that the state was demilitarized and that the Palestinians recognized Israel as the state of the Jewish people.

In a much-anticipated speech meant in part as an answer to President Obama’s address in Cairo on June 4, Mr. Netanyahu reversed his longstanding opposition to Palestinian statehood, a move seen as a concession to American pressure.

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More News On Israeli PM Netanyahu's Peace Proposal

Full text of Binyamin Netanyahu's Bar Ilan speech -- Jerusalem Post
Israel Offers Two-State Plan -- Wall Street Journal
Israel's PM Says He Would Accept a Demilitarized Palestinian State -- Voice of America
Netanyahu defies Obama with harsh conditions for Palestinian 'entity' -- Times Online
Netanyahu relents on goal of 2 states -- L.A. Times
Netanyahu Backs 2-State Goal -- Washington post
Netanyahu bows to Obama, accepts Palestinian "state" -- Reuters
Reaction to Netanyahu speech creates strange bedfellows -- Times Online
Palestinians Object to Netanyahu's Suggestion They Demilitarize -- Voice of America
Palestinians angered by Netanyahu peace terms -- AP
Israeli PM 'ruins' peace chance -- BBC
Mubarak: Netanyahu's speech complicates situation in region -- China View
Egypt says Israeli PM's vision for peace flawed -- Reuters
Hamas slams Netanyahu's 'racist, extremist' ideology -- Ynet News

Netanyahu relents on goal of 2 states -- L.A. Times
Netanyahu Backs 2-State Goal -- Washington post
Netanyahu bows to Obama, accepts Palestinian "state" -- Reuters
Reaction to Netanyahu speech creates strange bedfellows -- Times Online
Palestinians Object to Netanyahu's Suggestion They Demilitarize -- Voice of America
Palestinians angered by Netanyahu peace terms -- AP
Israeli PM 'ruins' peace chance -- BBC
Mubarak: Netanyahu's speech complicates situation in region -- China View
Egypt says Israeli PM's vision for peace flawed -- Reuters
Hamas slams Netanyahu's 'racist, extremist' ideology -- Ynet News
'Netanyahu is ruining peace chances' -- Jerusalem Post
EU won't upgrade its ties with Israel -- Jerusalem Post
Analysis: Netanyahu's overture likely too little -- Yahoo News/AP
Analysis: Mideast setbacks weigh on Obama policy -- APNews/Myway
White House: Still "long way to go" for Mideast peace -- Reuters

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