Two State Solution

Graham flips on the two-state solution warning Israel 'no sustainable future' without it - opinion

Senator Lindsey Graham’s fluctuating stance on the two-state solution, especially after October 7, represents the growing divide among Americans around the issue.

GEORGE W. BUSH became the first American president to announce support for the two-state solution for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, says the writer.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, October 27, 2025

Right-wing lawmakers pressure Netanyahu to reject Palestinian state recognition

UK PRIME MINISTER Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron await the arrival of PA head Mahmoud Abbas at the Sharm el-Sheikh international summit on Gaza last month. The classic two-state solution is no longer viable, the writer maintains.

Jordanian-Palestinian confederation: A new potential path to peace - opinion

A RALLY IN 2015 at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv marking 20 years since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.

From Rabin to Tomer-Yerushalmi: Israel hasn’t learned from political violence - comment


Give peace a chance? Not until Palestinians reject terror - opinion

Israel cannot risk a Palestinian state until Palestinians prove they can reject terror and embrace democracy.

FRENCH PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud at a high-level meeting on a two-state solution at the United Nations in New York in September.

Lindsey Graham to Post: Annexation would cost Israel US support; two-states the 'only' solution

“Being pro-Israel means telling hard truths,” Graham said. “The only path that keeps Israel Jewish and democratic is a two-state framework, when the conditions are real."

 US Senator Lindsey Graham speaks outside the White House, in Washington, DC, US, February 28, 2025.

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.

From belief to disillusionment: Leland Vittert tells Bari Weiss about abandoning two-state vision

Former Fox News Jerusalem correspondent Leland Vittert recalls the moment that changed his view of Israel and why he no longer believes a two-state solution is realistic.

Fox News’s former correspondent in Jerusalem, Leland Vittert, speaking on Bari Weiss's podcast, September 30, 2025.

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.

Over half of West Bank Palestinians in favor of two-state solution, survey shows

According to the survey, the divides also reflect deep generational and political divisions within Palestinian society regarding the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Palestinians hold flags and placards as they gather to support efforts of the Western countries that are recognising a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly, in Nablus, in the West Bank, September 23, 2025.

The two-state solution is not antisemitic - opinion

Most Israelis perceive recognition of Palestine as a threat to their state’s existence, but it is far-fetched to conclude that it is antisemitic.

IT IS FARFETCHED to conclude that leaders like French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer are antisemites, the writer argues.

Israel must draw its own borders, starting with the Jordan Valley - opinion

As nations recognize a Palestinian state, Israel has a chance to respond by applying sovereignty over the Jordan Valley, securing its eastern front.

A view of the Jordan Valley near Jericho

Trump's hostage deal proposal includes amnesty for terrorists, Palestinian state talks - report

The proposal's main point would be the release of all 48 remaining hostages within the first 48 hours of the deal taking effect.

Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip September 27, 2025.

Israeli FM Sa'ar criticizes Abbas' UN address: 'Israel will not be decieved again'

"Mahmoud Abbas, in his Zoom speech to the UN Assembly, says he's willing to take back the Gaza Strip, which he so easily lost to Hamas in 2007," Sa'ar wrote. "How generous of him."

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks at an event at the foreign ministry, May 26, 2025; illustrative.

Recognition without protection: Does the West owe Israel security guarantees? - comment

After the leaders of Western countries proclaimed recognition of a Palestinian state, they should ensure Israel's safety and survival are more than guaranteed.

Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour (L) takes his seat at the start of a United Nations Security Council meeting on Gaza and the Middle East, at UN headquarters in New York City on March 18, 2025.