"The bedrock of our approach would be to support first, a two-state solution; secondly, all those committed to peaceful negotiation in search of a solution; and, thirdly, the economic, social and humanitarian work that is essential."

David Miliband, Foreign Secretary, House of Commons, 3 July 2007.

The Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary are convinced that a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is an important pre-condition for long-term peace in the region. We are committed to the peace process and final status negotiations.

There is now a clear international consensus on what a negotiated settlement might look like. The key elements will include an end to occupation, the exchange of the “land for peace” leading to a viable state of Palestine alongside the State of Israel, both secure and respected within recognised borders, as set out in UN Security Council Resolutions 242, 338 and 1397.

We welcome the process begun at the November 2007 conference in Annapolis and believe that the conference represented a determined attempt by both sides, and by the United States, to break the cycle of violence and discord.

In his July 2008 speech to the Knesset, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that:

"A historic, hard-won but lasting peace is within your grasp by seizing the opportunity opened up by Annapolis (...) and built on fundamentals:

• a two-state solution based on 1967 borders;
• a democratic state of Israel, secure from attack, recognised by - and at peace with - all its neighbours;
• alongside a peaceful, democratic and territorially viable state of Palestine that accepts you as its friend and partner;
• with Jerusalem the capital for both, and a just and agreed settlement for refugees." 

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