German FM meets Abbas, says no alternative to two-state solution

Ahead of Israel visit, Frank-Walter Steinmeier calls for calm over Jerusalem tensions.

PA President Mahmoud Abbas (R) shakes hands with Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Ramallah, November 15, 2014

PA President Mahmoud Abbas (R) shakes hands with Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Ramallah, November 15, 2014

(photo credit: REUTERS/OSAMA FALAH/PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT OFFICE ()

ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH

NOVEMBER 15, 2014 20:56