US envoy says he does not think Palestinian state is US policy goal – Middle East Monitor

Washington’s ambassador to Israel said he did not think an independent Palestinian state remains a US foreign policy goal, prompting the State Department to say he spoke for himself while the White House referred to past comments from President Donald Trump, expressing doubts about a two-state solution, Reuters reported.

“I don’t think so,” US Ambassador Mike Huckabee said in an interview with Bloomberg News published on Tuesday, when asked if a…