On January 31, Scowcroft director Matthew Kroenig was interviewed by Monte Francis of France 24 on Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Israel and recent violence in the West Bank.

I think it’s important to hold out the hope of what a peaceful solution in the region could look like and that [the two-state solution] is the one outcome that could potentially resolve this. At the same time, I think there is an understanding that getting there anytime soon will be difficult, so, you have to hold those two contradictory ideas at the same time.

Matthew Kroenig

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