Meron Benvenisti

Former deputy mayor of Jerusalem, Meron Benvenisti. July 24, 2008. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Saying goodbye to the Israeli one-state prophet

Though we were intellectual rivals, Meron Benvenisti, writer and former deputy mayor of Jerusalem, was right about one big thing.

By Ian S. Lustick September 25, 2020

Israeli and Palestinian flags in a peace rally (Activestills.org)

Israel’s mainstream Channel 2 starts to question the two-state solution

What does it mean when the Israeli mainstream elite questions the two-state solution, which up until now has enjoyed practically unquestioned stature in Israeli society? An analysis. Israel’s Channel 2 aired a lengthy item (starting around 30 minutes in) on Friday evening, asking a shocking question: Is the two-state solution still viable? This question is…

By Dahlia Scheindlin June 3, 2013

Israel-Palestine flag (Oren neu dag)

Why it’s time to discuss the one-state solution

Secular, binational, and more: there are plenty of one-state models that can and should be discussed. But what’s becoming increasingly clear to figures from both the right and the left is that the feasibility of the two-state solution must be reconsidered. By Yoav Kapshuk It is time to start a public discussion about possible and…

By +972 Magazine September 18, 2012

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Neve Gordon: Netanyahu and the one-state solution

Israel's unwillingness to compromise on key issues might annul a two-state solution, making only power-sharing viable.

By +972 Magazine May 23, 2011

The one-state solution: An option that should be taken off the table

“Right there, beyond those trees, is the Green Line,” our tour guide said, as he pointed to a valley on our right. I was a junior-high student in Haifa, and we were on a field trip on the way to Jerusalem. As our old bus slowly crawled up one of the roads winding through the…

By Ami Kaufman September 10, 2010