Tuesday, 27 September 2011

The Two State Solution is Dead

Today, the Israeli government approved a further 1,200 homes in the illegal colony of Gilo, while the US envoy, insists  Israeli settlement freeze should not be precondition to peace talks

No wonder journalists like Ben White insist, the two state solution is dead.

"This week should be the end of the so-called peace process - and the ‘two state solution’. Whatever happens at the United Nations, the game is finished, and a transition to something else altogether is already underway...While Palestinians and their supporters increasingly and intelligently place ‘rights’ at the centre of their campaigning, soon the recognition that Jews and Palestinians must share one country as equals will mean that the only ones left talking about a Palestinian state will be those trying to preserve a regime of Jewish ethno-religious exclusivity."

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