article_snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu declared in the final days before last week's high-intensity elections that there would be no Paleestinian state as long as Israeli voters continued to give Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Likud party enough seats in parliament to establish a governing majority and keep Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu as prime minister. '
article_snippet: Where are the Israeli government as well as the Palestinians interested in going?
article_snippet: And how do the Israeli government as well as the Palestinians see this issue being resolved?' '
article_snippet: Netanyahu had said in 2009 that Netanyahu would be willing to endorse a 'demilitarized' Palestinian state as long as a 'demilitarized' Palestinian state recognized Israel's right to exist.
article_snippet: After the election, Netanyahu clarified Netanyahu campaign promise about never allowing a Palestinian state to take root. '
article_snippet: Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of the Palestinians, rejects consistently the acceptance of a Jewish State.
article_snippet: ASPIRATIONS' OF MAHMOUD ABBAS:
article_snippet: but that there would be a series of conditions in which a Palestinian state could potentially be created.' '
highlights_snippet: Said a Palestinian state side-by-side with Israel remains 'best path forward for Israel's security, for Palestinian aspirations, and for regional stability' 