{"id":11831,"date":"2018-10-22T16:06:50","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T14:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2018\/10\/22\/israel-palestinian-peace-one-state-two-state-solutions-explained"},"modified":"2018-12-31T11:41:48","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T09:41:48","slug":"israel-palestinian-peace-one-state-two-state-solutions-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2018\/10\/22\/israel-palestinian-peace-one-state-two-state-solutions-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel-Palestinian Peace: One-State, Two-State Solutions Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"

This news article<\/a> from USA Today<\/a>\u00a0briefly summarizes the one-state and two-state solutions proposed to bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Published within the context of President Donald Trump’s apparent departure from the long-standing US policy supporting the two-state solution, this article outlines the main vision and challenges of each plan.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Israel-Palestinian Peace: One-State, Two-State Solutions Explained<\/h2>\n

President Trump said Wednesday during a joint news\u00a0conference\u00a0with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he “can live with” a two-state\u00a0or one-state\u00a0solution\u00a0for Mideast peace. “I’m happy with the one they like the best,” Trump said.<\/p>\n

The comments\u00a0depart\u00a0from long-standing U.S. policy that has backed a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians. Trump and Netanyahu waver on support for two-state solution in Middle East<\/p>\n

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So, what are the two-state and one-state solutions\u00a0for ending the Israel-Palestinian conflict that has persisted since the founding of the Israeli state in 1948?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Two-state solution<\/h3>\n

The two-state solution\u00a0calls for the\u00a0creation of an independent Palestinian state\u00a0existing peacefully alongside Israel. That goal has been embraced by past Democratic and Republican\u00a0administrations and the United Nations.<\/p>\n

Supporters say the two-state solution would end hostility between\u00a0Israel and Palestinians as well as Arab neighbors, and produce stability in the chaos-prone Middle East.<\/p>\n

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Getting there, however, has proven exceedingly difficult because of what appear to be several intractable disputes. Foremost is Israel’s demand that the Palestinians and other Arab neighbors recognize the Jewish state’s right to exist and end terror attacks.<\/div>\n
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In addition, the two sides are far apart on the borders of a new Palestinian state: Both claim Jerusalem as their capital, and Israel has expanded\u00a0settlements on land that the Palestinians also say is theirs.<\/p>\n

Another contentious dispute involves the “right of return” claimed by\u00a0millions of Palestinians \u2014 or their descendants\u00a0\u2014 who were evicted from their land\u00a0when the Jewish state was created. The Palestinians say it is a basic right to reclaim their property, while Israel says the issue should be decided by political negotiations.<\/p>\n

One-state solution<\/h3>\n

The one-state solution\u00a0has gained support of late amid the failure of progress toward creation of an independent Palestinian nation.<\/p>\n

This approach calls for Israel to annex the West Bank, which it captured from Jordan in their 1967 war, and grant some form of citizenship to Palestinians. The idea has appeal to small factions of both Israelis and Palestinians frustrated by the current standoff and perpetual hostility.<\/p>\n

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Among the many problems are the likely disapproval of that approach by most of the world community, and whether Palestinians would be afforded full citizen rights and eventually outnumber Jewish Israelis or be consigned to second-class status as occurred in South Africa during Apartheid.<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This news article from USA Today\u00a0briefly summarizes the one-state and two-state solutions proposed to bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Published within the context of President Donald Trump’s apparent departure from the long-standing US policy supporting the two-state solution, this article outlines the main vision and challenges of each plan.\u00a0 Israel-Palestinian Peace: One-State, Two-State […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":11832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2810],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11831\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=11831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11831\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12886,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11831\/revisions\/12886\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11832\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=11831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=11831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=11831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}