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The two-state solution will die in September

If all goes as planned, the U.S. will effectively send the two-state solution into oblivion this September, after caving into Israeli demands to torpedo the Palestinian unilateral declaration of independence at the United Nations Sometime in September, in just over a month, U.S. President Barack Obama will effectively close the door on the two-state solution.…

By Ami Kaufman August 1, 2011

Khalil Shikaki (Photo: Brandeis University)

Palestinian pollster: UN declaration may be last chance for Abbas

“It’s very clear that the public wants a real state, not just a state in name. The public is willing to pay the price.” Palestinian pollster Khalil Shikaki explains why a unilateral declaration of statehood may be the last chance Palestinians give to their current leadership, and the dilemmas Palestinians face come September. As September…

By Dahlia Scheindlin July 28, 2011

It’s official: Bibi’s plan is to wait for the problem to go away

Yesterday we learned of Netanyahu’s plan for the conflict: Do nothing. Oh, and get 30 countries to counter the Palestinian unilateral declaration of independence at the UN Yesterday Haaretz came out with its annual Writers’ Edition, where famous authors replace the paper’s reporters for a day and try their hand at journalism. When they first…

By Ami Kaufman June 15, 2011

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Which way – Palestinian statehood, or “returning the keys?”

My esteemed +972 colleague Roi Maor recently posted an article that, if I may say bluntly, took out a lot of the hot air I’ve been blowing over the past few months into the Palestinian UDI (unilateral declaration of independence). Maor claims that UDI will not be as much of a game changer that I’m…

By Ami Kaufman April 21, 2011