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Two State Solution

Americans’ Support for Israel Drops to Lowest in 25 Years – Gallup Poll
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The latest results are from a poll conducted from February 3 to 16, during the first phase of the temporary ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas that […]

‘Israel is Threat to All Arab Nations’ – Ramzy Baroud Speaks to Egypt’s Al-Dostour
By Palestine Chronicle Staff In a wide-ranging interview with Egypt’s Al-Dostour newspaper, Ramzy Baroud asserts that “the Arabs have an opportunity to correct a historical mistake” and emphasizes the importance of unity. He argues […]

‘Integrated Palestine’ – Norway Urges Two-State Solution
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “Regional peace is connected … but there is a root conflict that connects to all of them which is the absence of a solution to the Palestinian question.” Norway’s Foreign […]

Unanimous Decision – Israel Rejects Recognition of Palestinian State
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Israeli government officialized on Sunday its opposition to the recognition of a Palestinian state, Reuters news agency reported. According to Reuters, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brought the “declaratory […]

Britain is Considering Recognizing Palestine – Cameron
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Britain will consider recognizing a Palestinian state which will build a “political horizon” for the Palestinians, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said. Speaking to the Conservative Middle East Council in […]

Washington Wants to Create a Palestinian ‘Protectorate’ – Lavrov
Washington – alone or with its allies – cannot “secretly throw together a sustainable and viable concept of the State of Palestine,” Lavrov said. Sustainable peace in the Middle East can only be achieved after […]

US is Pushing Israel towards Suicide – Israel’s Minister Smotrich
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich lashed at the United States on Tuesday, stating that Israel’s closest ally has been pushing Israel towards suicide for years by advocating for a two-state […]

Why Borrell, Others are Now Calling for a Palestinian State – ANALYSIS
By Palestine Chronicle Editors Suddenly, the two-state solution is returning to the political discourse on Palestine and Israel, this time with a degree of urgency. For years, the issue, that of a Palestinian state, or […]

Colonialism and Occupation: The Great Delusion of the Two-State Solution
By Fadi Zatari It is essential to acknowledge that, given Israel’s ideological, strategic, and historical objectives, the prospects for a practical solution remain bleak. In recent discourse, the enduring dialogue on the two-state solution has […]

Did Norway Just Champion the One-State Solution in Palestine, Israel?
By Romana Rubeo Though Western diplomats often steer away from the conversation on one state in Palestine and Israel, Norway’s top diplomat has just said the seemingly unthinkable. One of the biggest obstacles in […]

‘No Solution without Palestinian State’: Saudi Arabia, EU Launch Joint Initiative for Peace in Palestine
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A new peace plan for Israel and Palestine was launched on Monday, during a closed-door meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly currently taking place in New York, […]

Historic Drop in Support for Two-State Solution among Palestinians, Israelis
This is the largest drop in the support for the two-state solution among Palestinians since 2016. Support for a two-state solution has dropped amongst Palestinians and Israelis, amid an increasingly deteriorating security situation in the […]

Arab League Chief Calls on US to Take Firm Position against Israel’s New Settlement Plans
Aboul Gheit called on the US administration to take a firm stance against the Israeli plans in defense of the two-state solution that Washington is promoting. The Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Ahmed […]

‘Dignity and Justice’ for Palestinians before Normalization, Saudi FM Says
Saudi Arabia, a Middle East powerhouse and home to Islam’s two holiest shrines, has resisted heavy US pressure to end generations-old non-recognition of Israel, as have Gulf Arab neighbors, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. […]

Anticipating Israel’s Counter-Attack: Make the ‘One Democratic State’ Solution Mainstream Again
By Mazin Qumsiyeh & Alain Alameddine The settler-colonial apartheid state of Israel is facing unprecedented pressure on at least three fronts: The burden of its own internal contradictions which is taking it on the path […]

Russia’s Putin Meets with PA President Abbas in Astana (VIDEO)
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas in the Kazakhstan capital Astana to discuss the peace process, Russian sources said. Putin will also attend the sixth Conference on Interaction and […]

Hidden Motives: Why Lapid is Not Serious about a Palestinian State
By Ramzy Baroud Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid threw a wrench into the works when he declared from the United Nations General Assembly podium: “An agreement with the Palestinians, based on two states for […]

New Poll: Support for Two-State Solution Declines among Arabs, Jews in Israel
Support for the two-state solution has declined to below 50 percent among Palestinian citizens of Israel and Jews in Israel, a poll conducted last week by the Israel Democracy Institute found. The poll was conducted […]

Israel’s Lapid Slammed for Backing ‘Two State Solution’ in UN Speech
Israeli Interior Minister and head of the right-wing Jewish Home Party Ayelet Shaked said the Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid is using the United Nations as part of his election campaign, according to the Hebrew […]

Israeli Demographer Admits Losing ‘Demographic War’
By Palestine Chronicle Staff An Israeli demographer warned that the Jewish population currently makes up less than 47 percent of all of those living west of the Jordan River, The Times of Israel reported […]

Arab League Pledges to Boycott Israel to End Occupation, Salvage Two-State Solution
The Arab League on Monday pledged to boycott Israel as a means to press Israel to end the occupation and salvage the two-state solution, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The final communiqué of […]

Chomsky on Israeli Apartheid, Celebrity Activists, BDS and the One-State Solution
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo This is, according to the Italian socialist Antonio Gramsci, the ‘interregnum’- the rare and seismic moment in history when great transitions occur, when empires collapse and others rise, and […]

Abbas: US Administration ‘Must Turn Talk into Action’
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas condemned American ‘silence’ on Tuesday and insisted that the US administration “must turn its talk into action,” the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Abbas made his comments during a […]

EU: ‘Time Running out for Two-State Solution’ (VIDEO)
The European Union (EU) has criticized Israel’s continuous settlement construction on Friday, warning that time is running out for the two-state solution with Israel. EU Representative to the Palestinian Authority Sven Kuhn von Burgsdorff confirmed […]

Israeli PM: ‘A Palestinian State Would Mean a Terror State’
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday that “a Palestinian state would mean a terror state,” during a joint press conference with Germany’s outgoing chancellor Angela Merkel, according to Israeli media. Merkel reiterated Germany’s […]

Abbas: ‘Israel has One Year to Withdraw from 1967 Occupied Territories’
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday gave Israel only one year to withdraw from the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, according to Reuters. “If this is not achieved, why maintain […]

‘From the River to the Sea’: Really?
By Blake Alcott For almost 20 years the Cambridge branch of the UK Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) has run a stall every Saturday on Market Square to distribute information about Palestine, sell olive oil, spices, […]

The Two-State Compromise Normalizes Israeli Colonialism
By Ramona Wadi Following the signing of last year’s Abraham Accords brokered by the Trump administration, the international community woke up to the normalisation of Israel’s colonization of Palestine; nobody seemed to be particularly averse […]

After the Apocalypse: America’s Role in a World Transformed
By Jim Miles (After the Apocalypse – America’s Role in a World Transformed. Andrew Bacevich. Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company. New York. 2021.) The contemporary apocalypse as seen by Andrew Bacevich in his latest […]

New Zealand Green Party Calls on Parliament to Recognize Palestine
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Green Party of New Zealand has put forward a motion asking the parliament to recognize Palestine as a state. New Zealand is yet to recognize Palestine as a state, […]