TEL AVIV (Sputnik) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict solution might mean that Israel loses international credibility as a potential peacemaker, US President Barack Obama said.
Obama has questioned Netanyahu's commitment to the establishment of Palestinian statehood in an interview with Israeli television Tuesday.
"The danger here is that Israel as a whole loses credibility. Already, the international community does not believe that Israel is serious about a two-state solution," Obama said in an interview with Israeli Channel 2.
US President said Israel had so far failed to "build the blocks" to get closer to a framework agreement.
The US president added that Netanyahu's stance on Palestine "has so many caveats, so many conditions, that it is not realistic to think that those conditions would be met anytime in the near future."
The most recent round of peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians began with a US impetus in mid-2013 but deadlocked nine months later.
In December 2014, a draft statehood resolution was submitted by Palestine to the United Nations Security Council but was subsequently vetoed by the United States and Australia.
The State of Palestine is currently recognized by 135 of the 193 United Nations member states, including Russia
