Global approach: UN member states will have to impose the two-state solution, instead of waiting for yet another Palestinian-Israeli failed negotiation, say the writers. — AFP
THE two-state solution is enshrined in international law and is the only viable path to a long-lasting peace. All other solutions – a continuation of Israel’s apartheid regime, one bi-national state, or one unitary state – would guarantee a continuation of war by one side or the other or both. Yet the two-state solution seems irretrievably blocked. It is not. Here is a pathway.
The Israeli government strongly opposes a two-state solution, as does a significant proportion of the Israeli population, some on religious grounds (“God gave us the land”) and some on security grounds (“We can never be safe with a State of Palestine”). A significant proportion of Palestinians regard Israel as an illegitimate settler-colonial entity, and in any event distrust any peace process.
