(RNS) — America’s largest Jewish denomination issued a statement Tuesday (Jan. 30) calling the Israel-Hamas war “just” but reiterating its support for a two-state solution to the conflict. The statement, signed by more than a dozen U.S. and Canadian leaders in the Reform movement, is an attempt to thread the needle at a time of spiraling conflict in the Middle East, conveying resolute support for Israel while offering a critique of some Israeli proposals for the war’s aftermath. Last week, in the midst of renewed international calls to revive a two-state solution, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flatly rejected an independent Palestinian state. On Sunday in East Jerusalem, thousands of people, including several ministers of Netanyahu’s government, called for Jews to resettle in the Gaza Strip. (Israel withdrew its troops from the Gaza Strip in 2005 and forced Jewish settlers there to evacuate their homes.) The Reform movement statement opposed both Netanyahu’s stance and the new move to establish an Israeli presence in Gaza. It was issued by the Union for Reform Judaism, which represents …