Karoline Leavitt Asked: Can You Confirm Trump Is No Longer Supporting A Two-State Solution In Israel?

During her press briefing on Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about future plans for the conflict in Israel.

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00:00Thank you so much, Caroline.

00:02Raquel, and then I can go to you.

00:04Thank you so much, Caroline.

00:05I have two questions.

00:06One about Israel.

00:08Yesterday, the U.S. ambassador to Israel

00:11said the U.S. no longer is pursuing the goal

00:13of an independent Palestinian state.

00:16Can you confirm that the president

00:17is no longer supporting a two-state solution?

00:20And is President Trump considering

00:21diplomatic action against countries

00:24who takes action against Israel

00:27during next week's U.N. conference?

00:30Right now, the president views

00:31the situation in Israel and Gaza

00:33as deeply unfortunate and needing to end.

00:36And the president is realistic

00:37about the current state of affairs

00:40in this region of the world.

00:41And that's why the president has said

00:43the number one focus and priority

00:45of the administration is to release

00:46all of the hostages from Gaza

00:48and to end this conflict as soon as possible.

00:50The administration is still pushing very hard

00:53for the release of all the hostages.

00:55And as for what happens next,

00:57clearly Gaza is an uninhabitable place.

01:00It needs to be rebuilt

01:01with the help of our Arab partners.

01:03And the president wants to see that happen as well.

01:05Take a couple more.