"There will never be a two-state solution until the Palestinians accept Israel as a Jewish state and renounce violence." Friedman argued that it was the Palestinians, not him, that are against the two-state solution. After Trump's comments, his ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, reaffirmed the US commitment to a two-state solution. There is no longer a reference to a two-state solution, which has been a -- this is important, the state solution an important, I don't want to minimize this -- but just for now no reference to a two state solution. At another point in the speech, Friedman falsely asserted that the J-Street board was "more than half Arab."

Source: CNN February 23, 2017 17:54 UTC