Obama gives up on Bush's two-state solution

Bush's commitment was subsequently approved by an overwhelming majority of Congress in June 2004.

Obama reaffirmed America's support on 19 May 2011:

What America and the international community can do is to state frankly what everyone knows -- a lasting peace will involve two states for two peoples: Israel as a Jewish state and the homeland for the Jewish people, and the state of Palestine as the homeland for the Palestinian people, each state enjoying self-determination, mutual recognition, and peace.

Hamas and the PLO reject Israel's long-held non-negotiable position on recognition.

PLO head Mahmoud Abbas declared on 11 January 2014:

We won't recognize and accept the Jewishness of Israel. We have many excuses and reasons that prevent us from doing…

Two such reasons are:

1. The PLO Covenant – Article 20:

Claims of historical or religious ties of Jews with Palestine are incompatible with the facts of history and the true conception of what constitutes statehood.

2. The Hamas Charter- Article 11:

Palestine is an Islamic Waqf land consecrated for Moslem generations until Judgement Day.

These two provisions – oozing unadulterated Jew-hatred – represent a permanent roadblock to ever concluding negotiations with the PLO under the Roadmap.

Negotiations between partners-in-peace Israel and Jordan on the allocation of sovereignty in the West Bank still remains the key to ending the 100 years old Jewish-Arab conflict.