Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 05/2010

Israel and Palestine: Two States for Two Peoples: If Not Now, When?

Alan Berger, Harvey Cox, Herbert C. Kelman, Lenore G. Martin, Everett Mendelsohn, Augustus Richard Norton, Henry Steiner, Stephen M. Walt

March 2010

Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Abstract

A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is of compelling interest to the United States. It offers the only realistic prospect for lasting peace and attainable justice for Israelis and Palestinians. It offers clear and substantial benefits to Americans, Palestinians and Israelis, as well as to most of the other states in the region.