MP3: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said over the weekend that he would accept a Palestinian state as long as it recognized Israel as a Jewish state and was demilitarized. David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Hisham Melhem, Washington bureau chief for Al-Arabiya, discuss Netanyahu's new stance and what it means for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

Resource: Text of Netanyahu's speech [Council on Foreign Relations]

Update: Netanyahu Calls for Demilitarized Palestinian State

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