EU’s Middle East envoy vows to push for two-state solution

FILE - Mobile homes sit in the Jewish settlement of Givat Haroeh in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Feb. 21, 2023. European Union envoy Sven Koopmans says Israeli settlements and violence in the West Bank are impediments to a peaceful two-state solution in the Middle East.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's stubborn opposition to a Palestinian state does not deter the European Union's Middle East peace envoy from believing a two-state solution remains achievable.