Palestinian statehood

Origins of the two-state solution: Q&A with legal expert, former ambassador Alan Baker

The Jerusalem Report spoke to Alan Baker about the history and current status of the two-state solution.

A PALESTINIAN protests outside Jerusalem. The international community and some Israelis and Palestinians are once again talking about the two-state solution.Premium
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Bury past proposals: A future solution for Palestinians needs a new paradigm - analysis

An Israeli flag flies on a highway in the South Hebron Hills of the West Bank on August 4, 2025.PremiumPremium

Palestinians caught between corrupt leaders, Israeli settlements as hope for statehood crumbles

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It's time for Israelis and Palestinians to stop fighting, start healing - analysis


Keir Starmer’s Palestinian state recognition: Sacrificing principle to domestic politics - opinion

Faced with domestic pressures, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer sacrificed principle for appeasement in recognizing a Palestinian state.

Britain’s Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper.Premium

Palestinian statehood must start with reform, demilitarization, recognition of Israel - analysis

Granting statehood before a stable, non-corrupt, non-jihadist Palestinian leadership is in place would reward movements committed to Israel’s destruction.

Palestinians walk past rubble as they return to their neighborhood, following Israeli forces' withdrawal from the area, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip October 11, 2025.Premium

Former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton applauds Trump for peace deal for Gaza

Clinton expressed her admiration to Trump and his administration for making the committment to the 20-point plan that intends to end the two-year war between Israel and Hamas.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during an event, hosted by nuclear non-proliferation organization Ploughshares, announcing an initiative called Women Transforming Global Security (WTGS), a global security network for international women leaders focused on reducing nuclear threa

Towards a settlement in Gaza - opinion

Israel must begin seriously advancing its core national interests: ending the war and returning the hostages, and expanding peace agreements with the Muslim world.

Visitors at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, October 05, 2025.

The UK recognizing Palestine opens the door to lawsuits over crimes during the Mandate - opinion

The Palestinian Authority’s prime minister has called for a formal apology and massive financial compensation.

UK PRIME MINISTER Keir Starmer

Abbas backs Gaza ceasefire, urges path to Palestinian sovereignty

The Palestinian leader welcomed the ceasefire and urged swift implementation, including prisoner exchanges, humanitarian aid, and Gaza reconstruction.

Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine

Alternative plans exist other than the two-state solution - opinion

There are many former Israeli prime ministers, Palestinian advocates, and American presidents and officials who lack the imagination necessary to consider alternative plans to the two-state solution.

THEN-US ambassador to Israel David Friedman speaks during a visit to Efrat, in Gush Etzion, in 2020. He has proposed Israeli annexation of Judea and Samaria as the biblical and practical path to peace, the writer states.

US sends $230m. to aid Hezbollah disarmament, Israeli navy intercepts Sumud flotilla

Colombian President Gustavo Petro expels Israeli diplomats • Amnesty calls for immediate release of hostages, excludes soldiers • Hamas close to deciding response to Trump deal, sources tell 'Post.'

An Israeli Navy vessel arrives at Ashdod Port, in southern Israel, October 2, 2025

Trump order considers attack on Qatar as US security threat, Hamas likely to reject Gaza peace plan

Gaza flotilla sails closer to Israeli waters • Israeli citizen returned from Jordan • IDF Oct. 7 probe finds military acted professionally to defend Kibbutz Nir Am • Iran vows longer-range missiles

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 30, 2025

Trump to push proposal for elusive Gaza peace in Netanyahu talks

Trump will host Netanyahu on Monday to seek an end to the Gaza war, free hostages, and revive Middle East peace efforts.

 US President Donald Trump speaks as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves following a meeting in the White House, in Washington, US, April 7, 2025.

EU leaders are letting politics, not reality, drive Palestinian state push - opinion

Even consider the establishment of any sovereign state in the biblical heartland of Israel is a delusional fantasy that will never ever come to pass.

President of France Emmanuel Macron speaks at a summit in July 2025.