Palestinian statehood options part of 'ongoing policy planning,' State Department says
State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller declined to outright confirm or deny a report from Axios claiming that Secretary of State Antony Blinken ordered a review of options for recognizing Palestinian statehood, but Miller said the State Department has an "ongoing policy planning process" examining the matter.
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"There has been no policy shift in the administration -- we have made quite clear publicly that we support the establishment of an independent Palestinian state," Miller said. "That's been the policy of the United States for some time."
"We do a lot of work inside the government to think about how to bring that about," Miller said regarding Palestinian statehood recognition. "We look at any number of options. That’s part of the normal planning process. The vast majority of options never usually get implemented."
-ABC News’ Shannon Crawford