State Department Dismisses Any Talk of ‘Two-State Solution’ — at Least for Cyprus

Almost next door to Gaza, renewed conflict could loom on the politically divided island that is home to two British bases.

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The United Nations secretary-general, Antonio Guterres, during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, October 24, 2023. AP/Seth Wenig

The Department of State this week is making it clear that there will be no American backing of a two-state solution for the divided island of Cyprus. While that is likely to have but scant bearing on the future course of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, for which Secretary Blinken often evokes a “two-state solution,” the blunt language suggests the perils of dogmatic thinking in a region that is coming apart. 

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