Barack Obama, (Photo : Reuters)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently made a remark about the Israeli-Arab citizens during the elections and he was urged to apologize about his remarks but the White House noted that Netanyahu should act rather than keep on talking about the issue.
The comments of Netanyahu focused on the Israeli-Arab citizens as he claimed that he was alarmed due to the way of how these citizens vote. Another comment was that there will be no Palestinian state that could be established if he remains in his position. Due to this, the campaign comments caused a wide denouncement from the people, Time reported.
Netanyahu apologized regarding his statements on Monday but White House's Denis McDonough, President Obama's chief of staff, said before an American Jewish organization that the assertions made by the Prime Minister were troubling and his commitment on the two-state solution is being questioned. Netanyahu said that the Palestinian issue is still being supported by him but not with the conditions as of the moment.
According to New York Times, Netanyahu cleared his statements saying that the comment about the Israeli-Arab citizens were not said to deter them from voting but he explained that the comments were for his supporters to be encouraged to cast their votes.
However, despite the apology of Netanyahu, McDonough and the White House remained firm stating that they cannot pretend the comments were not made because the two-state solution is their main goal as of now because it is the only way for the future of Israel for it to remain as a Jewish and a democratic state.
There were around three thousand people who went to the speech of McDonough and the chief of staff shared that these people went there to show that they are deeply concerned about peace. McDonough added that these people's voices are important and that Obama believes peace is necessary, just, and possible.
