The Two-State Solution Solves Nothing
Hussein Agha and Robert Malley, The New York Times | August 12, 2009
The Israeli-Palestinian consensus on the two-state solution has little meaning. ++ It is “a catchphrase divorced from… issues it is supposed to resolve.” ++ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sticks to demands for a Jerusalem under Israeli sovereignty and the expulsion of Palestinian refugees. ++ Hamas pleads for a Palestinian state within the borders of 1967, and full Israeli withdrawal. ++ Attitudes have not changed and this long-lasting conflict can only be settled by “looking past the occupation to questions born in 1948”.
