WASHINGTON: The US State Department said Sunday it would continue pressing for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict despite the release of purportedly secret documents by Al-Jazeera. "The US government is reviewing the alleged Palestinian documents released by Al-Jazeera. We cannot vouch for their veracity," spokesman Philip Crowley wrote on the micro-blogging website Twitter.
"The US remains focused on a two-state solution and will continue to work with the parties to narrow differences on core issues," he added.
His remarks came after the pan-Arab satellite channel Al-Jazeera said it had obtained a trove of "secret documents" from the last 10 years of failed peace negotiations revealing major concessions by the US-backed Palestinian leadership, including on the sensitive future status of Jerusalem.
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat, quoted in several of the documents, dismissed most of the report as a "pack of lies" and insisted the Palestinian Authority had "nothing to hide."
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks last broke down in September following the expiration of a limited moratorium on Israeli settlements.
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