Thursday, February 23, 2012

Hirsh Goodman on the future of Israeli-Palestinian relations

HIRSH GOODMAN is a senior research associate at the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University.

He firmly believes in a multi-state solution. He think a one-state solution would be a recipe for continued conflict.


"Ultimately, the resolution is going to look like Switzerland. There are going to be three independent sovereign nations; Gaza, governed by Hamas, until they decide otherwise; Israel, with its majority Jewish population and minority Arab population; and Palestine with its ’67 borders. There will be three sovereign states with a federal governing body to deal with issues like traffic protocol and so on. Israel has to negotiate separately with Gaza and with the PA. Gaza and Hamas want a ceasefire and the PA wants peace".

In my point of view, it's an impossible solution. Unfortunately.

Switzerland is a nation united around Christian values (despite of two different branches: Catholics and Protestants), around common enemies. Modern Israel is a nation of two religions: Islam and Judaism. And there are no common foe for Palestinians and Jews. For now, it would be better to divorce peacefully and live in peace.

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