Politicians Should Stop Hiding Behind the “Two-State Solution” Fantasy

Politicians Should Stop Hiding Behind the “Two-State Solution” Fantasy

San Francisco (Dispatch to Informed Comment) – Creation of a Palestinian state next to Israel seemed feasible when President Bill Clinton hosted the signing of the Oslo accords at the White House in September 1993. The goal was reaffirmed in 2011 when 90 percent of the Senate co-sponsored a resolution supporting “a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.” But today, the two-state scenario is far-fetched to the point of delusion i…

Norman Solomon - Politicians Should Stop Hiding Behind the “Two-State Solution” Fantasy

Today, the two-state scenario is far-fetched to the point of delusion if not evasion. Norman Solomon is the national director of RootsAction.org and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy. The paperback edition of his latest book, War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine, includes an afterword about the Gaza war. Photo by Ahmed Abu Hameeda via Wikimedia Commons Creation of a Palestinian state …