After Oslo: Rethinking the two-state solution

Demonstrators hold Palestinian flags as they celebrate after the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a Palestinian-drafted resolution to fly Palestine's flag at United Nations headquarters, during a protest against Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah, September 11, 2015. There were 119 votes in favor out of 193 U.N. members.The United States and Israel were among eight countries that voted against the Palestinian-drafted resolution, which says the flags of non-member observer states like Palestine "shall be raised at (U.N.) Headquarters (in New York) and United Nations Offices following the flags of the member states." REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman - RTSMSD

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY With the Oslo peace process effectively dead, prospects for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian issue may soon follow suit. Although territorial partition remains theoretically possible, the success of Israel’s settlement enterprise along with the Palestinian Authority’s continued decline and possible collapse threaten to eliminate chances for a viable Palestinian state once and … Continue reading After Oslo: Rethinking the two-state solution