Democrats clash over resolution calling for two-state solution
Democratic leaders and members are bickering over a resolution meant to reaffirm Washington’s longstanding commitment to a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to annex parts of the West Bank, while President Donald Trump won’t commit to a two-state solution in his perpetually delayed Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. Meanwhile, Democrats on Capitol Hill are arguing among themselves about a single word in a symbolic resolution that endorses a two-state solution to the conflict.
Rank-and-file Democrats are accusing the party leadership of trying to water down and slow walk the resolution, which Democrats initially introduced to reaffirm a decades-long bipartisan pillar of US policy that has started to unravel under the Trump administration.
Multiple sources familiar with the debate told Al-Monitor that some Democratic leaders want to dilute the language in order to secure buy-in from Republicans, who have soured on the previously noncontroversial two-state solution in the Trump era.
A senior Democratic aide told Al-Monitor that the “resolution is still being discussed and worked on,” noting that House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., wants to “ensure that the resolution is supported by the broadest number of people possible, including Republicans.”
