(CBN) – Israel is trying to stop American lawmakers from passing a resolution endorsing the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Axios reported Wednesday that Sen. Lindsey Graham and Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen drafted the resolution ahead of the Trump administration’s release of its highly-anticipated peace plan. “Both Senators Van Hollen and Graham are long-time supporters of a two-state solution and are working on the best way to advance that commitment in Congress,” Van Hollen
spokesperson Bridgett Frey told Axios. Sen. Graham is a close ally to Trump and Israeli leaders believe the resolution could win a substantial majority in Congress. Israeli Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer and other embassy officials are urging Graham and Van Hollen to remove “two-state solution” from the text of the resolution. Israeli diplomats told Graham and Van Hollen that they do not oppose calls for direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians, but they do not want the resolution to touch on the end goal or parameters of those negotiations, Axios reports. READ MORE
