accessed 17 Apr 2009, dated 16 Apr:
“Israel’s prime minister has told a visiting US envoy that the Palestinians must recognise Israel as a “Jewish state” before it will discuss establishing an independent Palestinian state.
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Earlier, after meeting Avigdor Lieberman, the Israeli foreign minister, Mitchell had repeated Washington’s support for a Palestinian state.
“I reiterated to the foreign minister that US policy favours, with respect to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a two-state solution which will have a Palestinian state living in peace alongside the Jewish state of Israel,” he said.”
accessed 20 Apr, dated 19 Apr:
“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is willing to begin negotiations with the Palestinians without demanding they first recognize Israel as a Jewish state, sources in his office said on Sunday.
However, the sources added that Netanyahu would condition future developments for a peace settlement on this demand.
The U.S. State Department on Sunday rejected as unacceptable the prime minister’s demand last week that Palestinians recognize Israel as the state of the Jewish people as a condition for renewing peace talks. “
Netanyahu: Peace talks can begin before PA recognizes Israel as Jewish
Sounds good to me. Israel has no incentive to enter any peace negotiations with countries that wont recognize her.
End of discussion!