Two State Solution

Israel and the Middle East are one election away from peace - opinion

Under a different Israeli government, many things that appear impossible today could suddenly become politically possible.

|ByGERSHON BASKIN
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara cast their vote during the elections for the Likud Central Committee, at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, November 25, 2025
Palestinian students hold signs demanding the reopening of the road to their school, which was closed by Israeli security forces in Khirbet Umm al-Khair in the village of Yatta, south of Hebron, April 26, 2026.

If you were a Palestinian, could you see a way forward for peace with Israel? - opinion

If we want a different future, Israelis must be willing to confront the possibility that, from the Palestinian perspective, the political horizon has effectively disappeared.

|ByGERSHON BASKIN
US President Donald Trump speaks to the media next to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upon arrival for meetings at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, December 29, 2025.

Europe’s ideological divide from the US and Israel is reshaping the Middle East - opinion

A widening divide with Europe is creating new power dynamics and peace strategies in the Middle East.

|ByGOL KALEV
An Israeli soldier is seen in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, on October 27, 2023

October 7 revealed why Two-State Solution won't work, what will actually protect Israel - opinion

After October 7 shattered Israel’s Gaza assumptions, a hard security reassessment is unavoidable. The classic two-state model no longer fits, but alternatives could better protect Israel.

|ByGIORA EILAND

Jordanian-Palestinian confederation: A new potential path to peace - opinion

A Jordanian-Palestinian confederation is the heart of the proposed paradigm.

NOVEMBER 6, 2025ByCHUCK FREILICH
UK PRIME MINISTER Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron await the arrival of PA head Mahmoud Abbas at the Sharm el-Sheikh international summit on Gaza last month. The classic two-state solution is no longer viable, the writer maintains.

From Rabin to Tomer-Yerushalmi: Israel hasn’t learned from political violence - comment

The incitement against Tomer-Yerushalmi proves that in 30 years since Rabin's assassination, we have learned nothing.

NOVEMBER 2, 2025ByDAVID BRINN
A RALLY IN 2015 at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv marking 20 years since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.

Give peace a chance? Not until Palestinians reject terror - opinion

Israel cannot risk a Palestinian state until Palestinians prove they can reject terror and embrace democracy.

NOVEMBER 2, 2025ByYITZ GREENBERG
FRENCH PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud at a high-level meeting on a two-state solution at the United Nations in New York in September.

Lindsey Graham to Post: Annexation would cost Israel US support; two-states the 'only' solution

“Being pro-Israel means telling hard truths,” Graham said. “The only path that keeps Israel Jewish and democratic is a two-state framework, when the conditions are real."

NOVEMBER 1, 2025ByZVIKA KLEIN
US Senator Lindsey Graham speaks outside the White House, in Washington, DC, US, February 28, 2025.

Origins of the two-state solution: Q&A with legal expert, former ambassador Alan Baker

The Jerusalem Report spoke to Alan Baker about the history and current status of the two-state solution.

OCTOBER 16, 2025ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH
A PALESTINIAN protests outside Jerusalem. The international community and some Israelis and Palestinians are once again talking about the two-state solution.

From belief to disillusionment: Leland Vittert tells Bari Weiss about abandoning two-state vision

Former Fox News Jerusalem correspondent Leland Vittert recalls the moment that changed his view of Israel and why he no longer believes a two-state solution is realistic.

OCTOBER 6, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Fox News’s former correspondent in Jerusalem, Leland Vittert, speaking on Bari Weiss's podcast, September 30, 2025.

Alternative plans exist other than the two-state solution - opinion

There are many former Israeli prime ministers, Palestinian advocates, and American presidents and officials who lack the imagination necessary to consider alternative plans to the two-state solution.

OCTOBER 5, 2025ByALIZA PILICHOWSKI
THEN-US ambassador to Israel David Friedman speaks during a visit to Efrat, in Gush Etzion, in 2020. He has proposed Israeli annexation of Judea and Samaria as the biblical and practical path to peace, the writer states.

Over half of West Bank Palestinians in favor of two-state solution, survey shows

According to the survey, the divides also reflect deep generational and political divisions within Palestinian society regarding the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Palestinians hold flags and placards as they gather to support efforts of the Western countries that are recognising a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly, in Nablus, in the West Bank, September 23, 2025.

The two-state solution is not antisemitic - opinion

Most Israelis perceive recognition of Palestine as a threat to their state’s existence, but it is far-fetched to conclude that it is antisemitic.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2025BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
IT IS FARFETCHED to conclude that leaders like French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer are antisemites, the writer argues.

Israel must draw its own borders, starting with the Jordan Valley - opinion

As nations recognize a Palestinian state, Israel has a chance to respond by applying sovereignty over the Jordan Valley, securing its eastern front.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2025ByOR YISSACHAR
A view of the Jordan Valley near Jericho