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CNN's Elise Labott asked him if he was ready to reaffirm his commitment to a two-state solution. The Israeli leader said: "I have discovered that if you use labels, you will not go very far, because different people different things when they say" states. "So, rather than talking about Labels, I would like to talk about substance. "
At the beginning of his presidency, Trump broke with the precedent by giving up the strong support of the United States for a two-state solution, saying that it was ambivalent as to whether the conflict should be resolved by a solution to one or two States.
"I like the two-state solution. I like the two-state solution," Trump said. "That's what I think works best – I do not even have to talk to anyone, that's my feeling." At a press conference held later in the day, at a press conference, the president said that he thought "the two states would come true," but he returned to his previous position.
Netanyahu said that at a one-on-one meeting with Trump on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, the US president had asked him, "What would you like to see?"
Netanyahu said he wanted the Palestinians to be autonomous in a demilitarized state with "no powers to threaten us".
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"Israel must have the paramount security, not the UN, not the Canadian gendarmerie, not – I do not know – the Austrian or Australian forces – the Israeli forces must have security control, otherwise, this place will be taken over by Islamist terrorists, be it Daesh, the Islamic State, Hamas or Iran, all of this is mentioned above, "said Netanyahu. "And that's my condition."
"People say, was it up to the state?" "Netanyahu asked," I do not know, you decide … I want the Palestinians to govern themselves, but they can not threaten us. "
Netanyahu said he had not yet seen the Middle East peace plan drawn up by the administration under the son-in-law of the president and senior advisor, Jared Kushner, a friend of the leader's family. Israeli.
Netanyahu said that he "would certainly look into the matter with a sharp and open mind because I know that there is a great friendship for Israel."
"The question of knowing what's going on, you know, precisely when he publishes it depends on – I'm going to look at it," Netanyahu said. "In fact, I was – you know, I always said I wanted to look at the peace proposals put forward by the United States."
Netanyahu also referred to Iran, noting that the government's policy of increasing pressure on Iran had been hailed by other countries in the region.
While the Trump administration said its policy was not a regime change, Netanyahu said that if the measures taken by Washington resulted in the fall of the government in Tehran, it would not generate much grief.
"I do not think anyone pays a tear if that happens, but I think the first thing we want to see is the cessation of this tremendous terror campaign around the world," Netanyahu said. And he added that "the Iranian people would be happiest if it happened".
He said that Trump's approach to Iran was welcome, not only in this country, but across the Middle East. "I think that all of the Middle East, Israel, the Arab States – almost all of them – and the Iranian people are now very happy that Iran's accommodation policy is completed and that the policy of compelling Iran is very present and will become stronger. "
In the meantime, Israel will continue to work with the Russians on conflict resolution, which it called "jargon to say that we made sure we did not run into the Syrians because there are so many people there in this tiny space ".
He stressed that "Iranian, Israeli, Hezbollah and Syrian forces" were in Syria, with "American planes, coalition planes, Russian planes and Israeli planes".
"Thanks to this mess, we were able to avoid for three years any conflict between Russian and Israeli forces," he said. "I think our will and that of Russia want to avoid a clash."
