Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 04/2009

Palestine and Israel: Time for Plan B

Nathan Brown

February 2009

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Abstract

Negotiations over a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict have reached a dead end. International efforts should focus on a short-term cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that can pave the way for a sustainable armistice, concludes a new policy brief by Nathan J. Brown.