Netanyahu endorses two-state solution, with strings attached

On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu endorsed the idea of a Palestinian state for the first time - but with tough conditions and a refusal to stop building in Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
Meanwhile, a top Iranian nuclear official dismissed concerns over his countrys nuclear program as politically motivated gestures by some countries. But the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran needs to do much more to prove to the world that it is not developing a nuclear arsenal.
That possibility — a potential military dimension to Irans nuclear program — greatly worries Israel, which has hinted that it might attack Iran to disable its nuclear capabilities.
Daniel Levy, the co-director of the Middle East task force at the New America Foundation and a former adviser to the Israeli government, joins Martin Savidge to discuss Israels reaction to the Iranian election, Netanyahus endorsement of a Palestinian state and hopes for progress in the peace process.

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[Yankhadenough]

Netanyahu's "two-state" solution is just smoke and mirrors.