Is it time for the international community to stop talking about a ‘two-state solution’ for Israel and the Palestinians, and begin instead to grapple with a ‘one-state reality’? That’s the argument four leading political scientists recently made in a thought-provoking, and provocative, article that was published in Foreign Affairs.

Two of the authors, Profs. Shibley Telhami and Marc Lynch, joined the Haaretz Weekly podcast to explain why they are calling on decision makers in Washington and elsewhere to ‘drop the façade’ and recognize an ‘uncomfortable reality’, and what could be the policy consequences of such a step. In their conversation with host Amir Tibon, they also discuss the prospect of violence and instability in the region, the impact of Netanyahu’s new government, and the political crisis in the Palestinian national movement.

Read more on the one-state reality and the two-state solution, on Haaretz.com:

Israeli-Palestinian poll shows support for two-state solution at all-time low

So You Don’t Like the Two-state Solution? Meet the One-state Model

CIA chief sees ‘unhappy resemblance’ between current tensions and leadup to second Intifada

Is it time for the international community to stop talking about a ‘two-state solution’ for Israel and the Palestinians, and begin instead to grapple with a ‘one-state reality’? That’s the argument four leading political scientists recently made in a thought-provoking, and provocative, article that was published in <a href="https://www.foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/israel-palestine-one-state-solution">Foreign Affairs</a>.
Two of the authors, Profs. Shibley Telhami and Marc Lynch, joined the Haaretz Weekly podcast to explain why they are calling on decision makers in Washington and elsewhere to ‘drop the façade’ and recognize an ‘uncomfortable reality’, and what could be the policy consequences of such a step. In their conversation with host <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-04-11/ty-article/.premium/israels-yair-netanyahu-problem-is-sowing-internal-strife-and-tensions-with-washington/00000187-6fae-dde0-afb7-7fbfd1fc0000">Amir Tibon</a>, they also discuss the prospect of violence and instability in the region, the impact of Netanyahu’s new government, and the political crisis in the Palestinian <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2023-04-13/ty-article-opinion/.premium/president-mahmoud-abbas-has-destroyed-the-palestinian-national-movement/00000187-7a26-dc6c-a5ff-7f77277e0000">national movement</a>.
Read more on the one-state reality and the two-state solution, on Haaretz.com:
Israeli-Palestinian poll shows support for <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-01-25/ty-article/.premium/israeli-palestinian-poll-shows-support-for-two-state-solution-at-all-time-low/00000185-e461-d109-a7af-e571a7330000">two-state solution</a> at all-time low
So You Don’t Like the Two-state Solution? Meet the <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2021-12-23/ty-article/.highlight/so-you-dont-like-the-two-state-solution-meet-the-one-state-model/0000017f-db4a-db22-a17f-fffb9a1a0000">One-state Model</a>
CIA chief sees ‘<a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-02-07/ty-article/.premium/cia-director-situation-in-israel-palestine-reminiscent-of-days-before-second-intifada/00000186-2aa3-dea2-a3ef-2efbb88e0000">unhappy resemblance’</a> between current tensions and leadup to second Intifada

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – a weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – a weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

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Haaretz Podcast

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – the Haaretz weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer. 

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – the Haaretz weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

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