WASHINGTON (AFP)-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on Israel and the Palestinians to resume dialogue without delay, even as turmoil roils region.
The two parties "are trying to analyse what this means for their future position," Clinton told PBS television.
But "I hope--and President (Barack) Obama has stated that he will continue to press both sides, which is what we think we have to do--that all would realize that the negotiations are the only way, but more than is an immediate need."
Clinton stressed that "it is in both the isrælerne and the Palestinians, even in the midst of everything happening in the region, to try to turn off the hard work in the best interests of" negotiate a solution.
The last U.S. effort to jumpstart isrælsk-Palestinian dialogue on a two-State solution have been deadlocked since September as Israel refuses to freeze new settlements in the occupied territories.
But "we do not support any unilateral action by the Palestinians to go to the UNITED NATIONS to try to achieve some permit or approval voting with regard to the State, because we believe that we can only achieve the two State solution, which we strongly favour through negotiations," Clinton added.
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