Israel two state solution

The two-state solution is not the only road to peace - opinion

Other options exist for resolving the dispute and granting the Palestinians self-rule and governance, including autonomy, federation, confederation, condominium, and co-imperium.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken visit Israel in October
 European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks during a joint news conference with Lebanon's caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib in Beirut, Lebanon January 6, 2024.

Borrell threatens Israel on two-state solution, as EU begins road map talks

 ELI COHEN: ‘It’s important to emphasize to the world, we are not just fighting Hamas.’

Israel-Saudi deal hinges on Iran, Energy Minister Cohen says

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Hamas has killed the two-state solution - opinion

By their actions, “moderate” Palestinians have removed themselves from the process of Mideast peacemaking, once and for all.

 Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, near the Israeli embassy in London, Britain, October 9, 2023.

Netanyahu sails with open eyes into confrontation with Biden - analysis

Netanyahu must lay out incentives to the Palestinian Authority.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends Arnon Milchan's video testimony, during Netanyahu's ongoing trial at the District Court in Jerusalem, June 25, 2023.

US: Israel violated promises with provocative disengagement repeal

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met with Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Herzog and “conveyed US concern regarding [the] legislation.”

 A group of right wing MKs visit the Homesh settlement.

Honesty can advance peace in the middle east - opinion

Being honest means acknowledging that extremism is rising on both sides.

 THE WRITER attends a European summit in Brussels last month

Lapid talked to the UN of peace - here are some ways to manifest it regionally - opinion

ENCOUNTERING PEACE: Were Lapid’s words in the UN empty words, or did they truly reflect what he believes? If yes, can they be translated into an effective plan.

 PRIME MINISTER Yair Lapid addresses the UN General Assembly last week.

The two-state hypocrisy in the reaction to Lapid’s speech - analysis

Political leaders are having a field day after hearing that Lapid's delegation to the UN planned to support a two-state solution.

 People take part in a protest outside the Israeli embassy

If not two states, then what? - opinion

All of the Land of Israel is important to the Jewish people and all of the Land of Palestine is important to the Palestinian people.

 A PALESTINIAN uses a ladder to climb over a section of the separation barrier, near Ramallah in the West Bank. ‘I firmly believe that separation behind barbed wire fences and walls is an anti-peace move,’ says the writer.

Bennett slams Lapid: There is no logic bringing up Palestinian statehood

From Meretz on the Left to the Religious Zionist Party on the right, Israeli politicians were quick to respond to Lapid's historic statement.

 NAFTALI BENNETT and Yair Lapid hold a press conference at the Knesset last month, where they announced that they will be switching their positions as prime minister and alternate prime minister as the country goes to a new election.

Biden: No peace until region recognizes Israel's right to exist

"There is no shift in my commitment to the security of Israel. No shift. Period. What we still need is a two-state solution. It is the only answer," he said.

US President Joe Biden speaks as he announces executive actions on gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, US, April 8, 2021

Bold steps needed to revitalize Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking - opinion

Many steps can be taken by the Biden administration that would greatly enhance their likelihood of reestablishing ties with the Palestinian Authority.

THEN-US VICE-PRESIDENT Joe Biden shakes hands with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah in 2016.

The two-state solution is dead. It's time to look for a new plan

Despite the arguments of the die-hard advocates of the two-state solution from both sides, I cannot perceive how it is still possible.

An ultra-Orthodox Jew holds a Palestinian flag during a protest against Israel's air strikes in Gaza in London.