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No One Knows What’s Next, But It Cannot Be the Old Two-State Solution
By Elliott AbramsThe future for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is far from clear, but it’s high time to take the moribund formula off life support.
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
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The Central Obstacle to Peace between Israel and the Palestinians Isn't Politics
By Mordechai KedarIt's time to consider the Palestinian emirates.
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With Israel-Jordan Relations at an All-Time Low, the Countries Aren't Likely to Cooperate in the West Bank
By David SchenkerAmman and Jerusalem need to worry about maintaining peace, not new arrangements in the West Bank.
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There Never Will Be a Palestinian State. So What’s Next?
By Elliott AbramsOctober 7 was not Palestine’s independence day, but the final nail in the two-state solution’s coffin. Is confederation with Jordan all that remains?
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Status Quoism Is a Temperament, Not an Ideology
By Rafi DeMoggeIsrael should maintain the status quo in the West Bank, and insist that it's temporary.
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Israeli Territorial Concessions Worsen Anti-Semitism in the West
By Evelyn GordonWithdrawals are a triple loss for Jews outside of Israel. The only question is how much worse things have to get before that finally sinks in.
Monthly Essay ·
To Save Itself from International Isolation, Israel Must Hold On to the West Bank
By Rafi DeMoggeThe diplomatic case against territorial concessions.
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Jews Living in the West Bank Didn’t Undermine Israel’s Security or Empower Hamas
By Cole S. Aronson, Avi BellThe anti-settler konseptzia.
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Yes, Bad Policies Paved the Way to October 7. But What If They Were the Only Policies Available?
By Evelyn GordonDeferring dramatic action in the West Bank only works if you take the precautions necessary to survive and thrive.
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Tit for Tat Is a Bad Way of Arguing about Gaza
By PhilologosTwo or three thoughts on the “dehumanizing” discourse.
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Watch Shany Mor, Haviv Rettig Gur, and Hussein Aboubakr Discuss “Ecstasy and Amnesia in the Gaza Strip”
By The EditorsWatch three leading analysts talk about the Palestinian predicament, and what role Israel's war against Hamas could ultimately play.
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Ecstasy and Amnesia in the Gaza Strip
By Shany MorThree catastrophes, all marked by euphoria at the start and denial at the end, have shaped the Palestinian predicament. Has the fourth arrived, and is the same dynamic playing out?
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The Extremist’s Gambit Helps Explain Why Hamas Attacked Now
By Tanner GreerHeinous violence meant to force everyone to choose sides has long been the recourse of a radical minority that fears time is not on its side.
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The Death of Evidence-Based Two-Statism
By Rafi DeMoggeAfter October 7, the possibility of a diplomatic resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has receded from view.
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The Perennial Power of the Nakba
By Hussein Aboubakr MansourHow generations of Arab thinkers and leaders tried to turn the humiliation of their losses to Israel into a springboard to launch their nations into an enchanted new age.
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Why So Many Israelis Dropped Their Opposition to Settlements
By Evelyn GordonIt has less to do with ideological conviction than the fact that settlers anchor the IDF in place.
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The Changing Faces of Israel’s Settlement Movement
By Daniel KaneWhat was 50 years ago a small band of religious farmer-soldiers has grown into a varied network of nearly half a million. Who are Israel's settlers and what do they really believe?
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What Reactions to the Death of Shireen Abu Akleh Reveal
By Michael OrenThe belief that Israel has a policy of assassinating reporters has, explicitly or tacitly, now been accepted by much of the liberal world.
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The Forgotten History of the Term “Palestine”
By Douglas J. FeithThe land to the east of the Mediterranean has gone by many names, all of them designed to make a political point.
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How to Boost Gaza’s Economy without Boosting Hamas
By Yechiel LeiterTo give Gazans a stake in their economic development, Israel could encircle Gaza with economic opportunities just beyond its borders—and thus just outside the terrorists’ control.
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Where We See Gaza in Ten Years
By Amos Yadlin, Ari HeisteinThere are four possibilities for the Gaza Strip's future, from continued decline to Egypt stepping in. Which is most likely?
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The Status Quo in Gaza Is the Least-Bad Option
By Yaakov AmidrorThere are plenty of nice plans for Gaza, but none that will change the core truth: Hamas will continue to seek Israel's destruction, and Israel will continue to defend itself.
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What Egypt Wants In Gaza
By Haisam HassaneinAs long as Gaza is a problem for Israel, Egypt can play an important role as a mediator, prove its usefulness as an ally to the U.S., and avoid its slide into irrelevance.
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What Can Be Done Politically to Weaken Hamas
By Elliott AbramsPalestinians deserve a chance to elect a decent government without corruption or terror. Political reform can make Gaza better, and Israel more secure. Here's how it could happen.
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How Gaza Became Israel’s Unsolvable Problem
By Michael OrenThe fourth conflict in the last twelve years between Israel and Gaza looks remarkably like the first. What happened?
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Stuck on the Wrong Road to Peace
By Shany MorIn thrall to a moral impulse rather than a real strategy for peacemaking in Israel, America's peace processors won't stop, won't learn, and won't succeed.
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Actually, Everybody Recognizes Oslo Failed
By Michael KoplowThe challenges to peace today are different than they were thirty or even ten years ago. It's better to focus on them rather than beating an already well-flogged horse.
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The Return of the Peace Processors
By Shany MorFor decades, America's foreign-policy establishment has, in the name of peace, incentivized conflict in the Middle East. Now that it's back in power, can it learn from its mistakes?
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Peter Beinart’s Wedge
By Neil RogachevskyThe don of liberal Zionism has come out against a two-state solution. His argument is delusional and messianic. But that's not the real problem with it.
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What Did (and Didn’t) Happen in Room 16 of the American Colony Hotel
By Martin KramerIt's said that the Oslo peace process was born in that room in Jerusalem in 1992. The truth is much different.
