[US ambassador: Two-state solution needed to ensure Israel remains a Jewish and democratic country] Worthy News ) – U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides on Wednesday said it is his guiding principle to advance a two-state solution with the Palestinians because failure to do so is making it difficult to ensure his “North Star” of “maintaining Israel as both a Jewish and democratic state.” Speaking to reporters at a briefing in Jerusalem , Nides noted that U.S. President Joe Biden “articulated very clearly his support for a two-state solution” on his recent trip to Israel, and that “every speech that...