The IsraelGaza war has got many people talking again about the need for a twostate solution. It’s often presented as the only option to bring lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians. But what is the twostate solution? Is it actually possible? And why are some people talking about a “onestate solution” instead? #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains.

Chapters:

01:00 What is a twostate 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 twostate solution.
18:53 Is all the talking about a twostate solution part of the problem?
19:18 Why some people argue for a onestate solution

This episode features:

Diana Buttu Palestinian lawyer & analyst; legal advisor to the PLO negotiating team 20002005.

Nathan Brown Professor of political science, George Washington University

Gideon Levy Israeli journalist & author

Mouin Rabbani Coeditor, Jadaliyya

Rami Khouri Distinguished fellow, American University of Beirut

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