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The Israel-Gaza war has got many people talking again about the need for a two-state solution. It’s often presented as the only option to bring lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians. But what is the two-state solution? Is it actually possible? And why are some people talking about a “one-state solution” instead? #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains. Chapters: 01:00 - What is a two-state solution? 02:34 - The Balfour Declaration and its implications 03:05 - The British proposal to partition historic Palestine in 1937 03:30 - The proposed UN partition plan in 1947 04:05 - What happened in the 1948 war 04:40 - The Green Line and the 1967 war 05:55 - How Yasser Arafat recognised Israel in 1988 06:30 - The Oslo Accords and how they didn’t promise a Palestinian state 09:05 - Israeli and Palestinian opposition to the peace process 11:20 - The Second Intifada 12:00 - Attempts to keep the peace process going after Oslo 12:40 - Major obstacles to the peace process - settlements 13:39 - Major obstacles to the peace process - Israeli politics 14:09 - Major obstacles to the peace process - Palestinian politics 16:35 - Why October 7th has got people talking again about the two-state solution. 18:53 - Is all the talking about a two-state solution part of the problem? 19:18 - Why some people argue for a one-state solution This episode features: Diana Buttu - Palestinian lawyer & analyst; legal advisor to the PLO negotiating team 2000-2005. Nathan Brown - Professor of political science, George Washington University Gideon Levy - Israeli journalist & author Mouin Rabbani - Co-editor, Jadaliyya Rami Khouri - Distinguished fellow, American University of Beirut #Palestine #Israel #Gaza #GazaWar #OccupiedWestBank #OccupiedEastJerusalem #PalestinianState #TwoStateSolution #PalestinianAuthority You can find all Start Here episodes here: https://bit.ly/3o0BEIW Subscribe Al Jazeera so you don’t miss future episodes: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow Sandra Gathmann on Instagram and X: @SandraGathmann And let us know in the comments if there’s a topic you find confusing and would like Start Here to cover ⤵️
  • @KeeponstalinEnglish
    3•1 month ago

    With the Settler Colonialism that has turned the west bank into hundreds of isolated enclaves and the hundreds of thousands of settlers that can’t realistically be relocated, I’d say no.

    I like the Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Isratin proposal:

    The Gaddafi Isratin proposal intended to permanently resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict through a secular, federalist, republican one-state solution, which was first articulated by Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Muammar Gaddafi of Libya, at the Chatham House in London and later adopted by Muammar Gaddafi himself.

    Its main points are:

    • Creation of a binational Jewish-Palestinian state called the “Federal Republic of the Holy Land”;

    • Partition of the state into five administrative regions, with Jerusalem as a city-state;

    • Return of all Palestinian refugees;

    • Supervision by the United Nations of free and fair elections on the first and second occasions;

    • Removal of weapons of mass destruction from the state;

    • Recognition of the state by the Arab League.

    Similar to the Binational State Solution advocated by the Palestinian leadership and some others prior to the Nakba.