The new Obama “foreign policy” team needs to rethink its approach on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. It has the opportunity to reframe the central premise, and past axiomatic assumptions since all other past efforts have dismally failed.
After 40 years of Israeli occupation, a new reality exists: there is a “One State” controlled from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea by Israel. Inside it, two tiers of Palestinians have been created by Israel.
Tier one: Palestinians with Israeli citizenships living inside the green line, as defined by the 1948 ceasefire agreement.
Tier two: Palestinians who live in the West Bank and Gaza with no rights of whatsoever. 40 years have created a new reality that makes all past initiatives obsolete.
After 40 years of Israeli occupation, a new reality exists: there is a “One State” controlled from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea by Israel. Inside it, two tiers of Palestinians have been created by Israel.
Tier one: Palestinians with Israeli citizenships living inside the green line, as defined by the 1948 ceasefire agreement.
Tier two: Palestinians who live in the West Bank and Gaza with no rights of whatsoever. 40 years have created a new reality that makes all past initiatives obsolete.
The Israeli governing elite has prided itself on being able to manage the conflict and keep Israel a “democratic state.” Historical irony and the march of fools by the settlement movement show that the conflict has managed the Israeli government.
Meanwhile, the vast majority of Palestinians are not interested in a “One State,” and the majority of Israelis are in denial that they have already created a “One State”. Therefore there is no common ground.
A quick disengagement may start to solve this Gordian knot; the other solution is to accept the reality of a “One State” with the democratic standard of one person, one vote.
Meanwhile, the vast majority of Palestinians are not interested in a “One State,” and the majority of Israelis are in denial that they have already created a “One State”. Therefore there is no common ground.
A quick disengagement may start to solve this Gordian knot; the other solution is to accept the reality of a “One State” with the democratic standard of one person, one vote.
The new terminology being used these days by the Israeli government is "Jewish State" for the One State Solution.
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