Mitt Romney: "Palestinians have no interest whatsoever in establishing peace" New videos released early Tuesday by Mother Jones magazine show Romney responding to a question about how "the Palestinian problem" can be solved. He replied by suggesting that "the Palestinians have no interest whatsoever in establishing peace and that the pathway to peace is almost unthinkable to accomplish." "I look at the Palestinians not wanting to see peace anyway, for political purposes, committed to the destruction and elimination of Israel, and these thorny issues, and I say there's just no way," he added. In light of those differences, Romney suggested that U.S. policy would be to "hope for some degree of stability, but you recognize that this is going to remain an unsolved problem. We live with that in China and Taiwan. All right, we have a potentially volatile situation, but we sort of live with it, and we kick the ball down the field and hope that ultimately, somehow, something will happen and resolve it. We don't go to war to try and resolve it imminently. Romney rarely discusses his views on U.S. foreign policy on the campaign trail and most recently faced criticism for a seemingly premature attempt to speak out following anti-American protests in Egypt and Libya. In the videos, Romney is seen speaking at a May 17 fundraiser in Boca Raton, Fla., at the home of Marc J. Leder, a private equity manager, according to Mother Jones. Leder has given nearly $300,000 to Romney and other Republicans this cycle and has used part of his fortune to become a co-owner of the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team. Romney has made similar comments about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict before and has always spoken skeptically about the prospect for a so-called two-state solution as part of a peace agreement. But he told the Israeli newspaper Haaretz in July that "I believe in a two-state solution which suggests there will be two states, including a Jewish state." That policy - the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel - has been U.S. policy for several presidencies. It is the solution Obama has pursued. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Tuesday that the two-state solution "is of interest for both Israelis and Palestinians and in the interest of the United States of America. It's one this president will continue to pursue. Romney also failed to distinguish among rival Palestinian factions in his comments, suggesting that all Palestinians are "committed to Israel's destruction." The armed Islamist party Hamas, now governing the Gaza Strip, has refused to acknowledge Israel's right to exist and calls for its destruction in its founding charter. But the secular Fatah movement and the Palestine Liberation Organization, the main umbrella organization that excludes Hamas, recognized Israel in the early 1990s and continue to seek a two-state solution.