This is the Forward’s coverage of the two-state solution, a proposed diplomatic resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that would establish a state for Palestinians alongside the state of Israel.
Two-State Solution
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News Who Will Make Peace When Palestinians Are Divided?
Whenever he is asked about prospects for a two-state solution, Moshe Elad, who was the first head of Israeli-Palestinian security coordination after the Oslo Accords, answers with a question of his own: “In the West, people see removing settlements as the most effective way of moving things forward. But say we reach a point where…
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Opinion Only Israelis and Palestinians Can Make Peace
There may be one point in the Middle East conflict on which we can all agree: It’s complicated. It is precisely for that reason that outside parties can’t simply declare a Palestinian state and call it a day. And it’s why we should be concerned over the notion, which is being increasingly bandied about, that…
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News Only Path to Peace Is an Armistice Now
More than 16 years after the euphoria of the Oslo Accords, the Israelis and the Palestinians have still not reached a final-status peace agreement. The diplomatic stalemate discredits moderates and plays into the hands of extremists on both sides who refuse to make the concessions that any viable peace treaty will require. Since an extended…
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News ‘Two-State Solution’ Faces a Patchwork of Challenges
As the Obama administration struggles to restart negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, a two-state solution remains the final goal, supported by governments in Jerusalem, Ramallah, Washington and Moscow. It enjoys at least lip service from everyone from Benjamin Netanyahu on the right to Noam Chomsky on the left. It is a term that has…
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Life OneVoice Stakes Its Claim as Peace Movement of Israeli Mainstream
OneVoice, the grassroots movement that “aims to amplify the voice of Israeli and Palestinian moderates,” has run many an interesting event since its establishment in 2002. Last week it ran one of the most innovative to date — a discussion, held in the West Bank settlement of Ariel, with students on prospects for a two-state…
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