Lapid rejects unilateral moves over WB, Quds

Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid said Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas caused talks to fail, adding however that there was no alternative to the two-state solution.

Lapid spoke at an Israeli Bar Association Conference in Eilat and slammed suggestions made by fellow coalition members Naftali Bennett to annex part of the West Bank.

Lapid warned that annexation and unilateral steps on Israel's parts would destroy Zionism as much as the current government.

"If there will be annexation, then there will be no government. There is no solution but the two state solution. Unilateral withdrawal and annexation will only lead to a bi-national nation. Which spells the end of Zionism and I will not have it."