FILE PHOTO: Palestinians hurl stones at Israeli troops during clashes in the West Bank village of Si'eer north of the West Bank city of Hebron October 25, 2015. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican said on Thursday the search for peace between Israelis and Palestinians had been put at risk after the United States backed Israel's building of settlements in the occupied West Bank.
"In the context of recent decisions that risk undermining further the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and the already fragile regional stability, the Holy See reiterates its position of a two-state solution for two peoples, as the only way to reach a complete solution to this age-old conflict," the Vatican said in a statement.
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