Kirby: Two-State Solution Is the Way We Believe Both Sides Can Live in Peace and Security

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KIRBY: "So, we certainly agree that Hamas isn’t just an organization. There is an ideology behind this terrorist group that slaughtered 1,400 Israelis on the 7th of October. And while you can go after the leaders and eliminate the leaders and disrupt the network, and we have proven we know how to do that against al-Qaeda and ISIS, it is difficult to kill the ideology. Now, she is also talking about history here and how things ended up the way they did in Gaza and the West Bank, and I think that the history is, obviously, long, it’s complicated, it's complex, and it's good for all of us to remind ourselves of how we got here. But it’s also important to remember that we still believe in a two-state solution. The United States, we still — President Biden still supports this as a viable vision and a promise for both a Jewish democratic state and a free and independent Palestinian state. That is the way that we believe both sides can live in peace and security going forward. And even though we are in the middle of a conflict, Phil, the president hasn’t given up on that. We are continuing to talk to our partners throughout the region about how to get back on track to some sort of viable two-state solution here."