Mar 26, 2024 #AJStartHere #Palestine #Israel
The Israel-Gaza war has got many people talking again about the need for a two-state solution. It�

Mar 26, 2024 #AJStartHere #Palestine #Israel
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