The two-state solution has long been the focus in negotiations to resolving the Palestine-Israel conflict, favored by the US, the EU, the UN, and a significant majority of states and organizations. It advocates “two states for two people”, i.e., a Palestinian state alongside the state of Israel with both sides running their countries peacefully and independently.
While widely considered the only way to achieve a just and lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians, there have also been increasing voices that the two-state solution is on the verge of collapse, if not dead altogether. Indeed, it seemed to have become almost absent on the agendas of the international community, which has turned a blind eye to Israel’s continuous policies that made a two-state solution increasingly impractical.
However, Israel’s war against Gaza after the Hamas attack in southern Israel on 7 October 2023, has brought the Israeli-Palestinian conflict back into international spotlight – and with it the untenability of the status quo ante and the need for a two-state solution as the only post-war horizon for a lasting solution and sustainable peace. But what actually is the two-state solution?
To answer this question and make it available to a larger audience, PASSIA produced several reels for use on social media outlets, which explained different aspects and issues related to the two-state solution. These resulting reels addressed the following themes:
- History of the Two-State Solution – Part One: Up to 1948
- History of the Two-State Solution – Part Two: After the Nakba and Until Oslo (1948-1995)
- Main Actors and Official Positions
- Key Sticking Points for the Potential Implementation of the Two-State Solution
- Pro and Contra Arguments on the Two-State Solution