Wednesday, August 2, 2023

The 'Two-State Solution' is the elephant in the room

 

President Biden and New York Times Columnist Thomas Friedman are attempting to resuscitate the failed solution they have both championed for decades to end the 100-years old Jewish-Arab conflict: Creating an independent Palestinian Arab state between Israel and Jordan (“the two-state solution”)

In his latestNew York Times article – Friedman writes:

“The president is wrestling with whether to pursue the possibility of a U.S.-Saudi mutual security pact that would involve Saudi Arabia normalizing relations with Israel, provided that Israel make concessions to the Palestinians that would preserve the possibility of a two-state solution.”

Stop wrestling Mr President.

The two-state solution – also embraced by Saudi Arabia and the Arab League for the past 20 years - was trashed with the publication of an alternative solution on 8 June 2022 in the Saudi-Government controlled Al Arabiya News - calling for Jordan, Gaza and part of the 'West Bank' to be merged into one territorial entity to be named “The Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine” (“Saudi Solution”). READ MORE