Return of the Two-State Solution
Hamas’s October 7 massacre of more than a thousand Israelis, and Israel’s forceful military response to the slaughter, has revived international calls for a so-called two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Return of the Two-State Solution
Soeren Kern | Israel My Glory | May 1, 2024
Hamas’s October 7 massacre of more than a thousand Israelis, and Israel’s forceful military response to the slaughter, has revived international calls for a so-called two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This plan envisions an independent Palestinian state alongside the state of Israel, with both states sharing Jerusalem as their capital.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called for a “clear, credible, time-bound path to the establishment of a Palestinian state.” Germany’s foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, said the creation of a Palestinian state is the “only solution” to the conflict. Her French counterpart, Stéphane Séjourné, agreed: “We need a Palestinian state with security guarantees for all.” Britain’s foreign secretary, David Cameron, floated the idea of recognizing a Palestinian state to make the process of negotiating a two-state solution “irreversible.”
