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US ex-envoy says Mideast two-state solution unworkable (AFP)

 
AFP - Former US ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said Monday settling the Arab-Israeli conflict on the basis of a two-state solution was no longer workable and suggested giving the Palestinian territories to Egypt and Jordan. (link)

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