The two-state solution is a proposed diplomatic solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The proposal envisions an independent State of Palestine that borders Israel. Palestinian leadership has supported the concept since the 1982 Arab Summit in Fez. In 2017 the Hamas (a Palestinian Resistance movement that controls the Gaza strip) accepted the solution without recognizing Israel as a state. The current Israeli leadership has stated that a two-state solution can only exist without Hamas and the current Palestinian leadership. The U.S. would have to take a central role in any talks bet…
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@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
Yes
@9LZLFBD 2yrs2Y
Two state solution won't work as Iranian leaders are sponsoring groups who have the primary aim of destroying Israel and by default, that means a massacre of Israelis. They don't want a rwo state solution,.they want to eradicate the Israelis and that sounds like Hitler and Naziism
Israel is an illegal settlement occupying stolen palestinian land while committing genocides, manufacturing famine, building concentration camps and creating scaremongering tactics such as the creation and support of hamas by the israeli government. therefore does not deserve recognition as a legitimate state and all representatives should be tried on multiple accounts of war crimes proven by the millions of videos easily accessible everywhere.
@9LXJJ8Y2yrs2Y
A two state solution would still limit Palestinians freedom. There is not enough land for the Palestinians left due to increasing illegal settlements. I believe in a one state solution - the land should be called Jerusalem and everyone should have equal rights.
@9MD3XBD 2yrs2Y
Do you honestly think the people of either side would accept that? Israelis would be subjected to horrendous discrimination and violent crime if they had to live together with Palestinians.
Palestine was offered this in the 40s and rejected it. As a result, they began a series of wars on Israel and lost each and every one. Make one state for Israel.
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
No
@9M56ZH92yrs2Y
Israel has settled on rightful Palestinian land without their consent and has done nothing but terrorize the people of Palestine forcing them into ghetto's and open air prisons whilst treating them with constant distain and cruelty therefor a one state solution in favour for native Palestinians is clearly the moral and only solution.
@9P5JJ92 2yrs2Y
1948 nakba when 750,000 were forced out of their homes and 15,000 were killed. This qualifies as ethnic cleansing.
a child would reach this conclusion there should be no reason a grown adult is supporting the legitimacy of a genocidal war mongering land stealing culture destroying state. i would also like to point out that any israeli doing a dna test shows their origins in europe. very interesting right?
@9LBP2KG2yrs2Y
Palestine has always belonged to Palestinians, the Israeli's robbed them of their land, it was never theirs.
@ISIDEWITH6mos6MO
No, not until Palestinians demonstrate their willingness for peaceful coexistence
@B9KMZCM3mos3MO
The support of Hamas throughout the war in Gaza has been slowly decreasing among the population of Gaza. The Palestinian people want more than ever a lasting peace and security. Whilst Hamas must either disarm or disssapear for a lasting peace, the Israeli position has also in recent years become untenable for a 2 state solution. Both partues must be commited to laying down arms for a lasting peace.
@9KG7BW3Liberal Democrat2yrs2Y
No, Palestine should be its own country. Israel has colonised their land so why do Palestinians need to share
@9QFFRT42yrs2Y
Only if the state of Israel relinquishes its army and nuclear weapons. Otherwise I support a one-state solution consisting of only Palestine.
@9KR9FBT2yrs2Y
I would have before 7th October, but now it is clear that Hamas is baiting Israel to attack them to look like the victims
@B4M7N28 1yr1Y
I will never understand how people use 7th October as a benchmark for the conflict, but somehow ignore not only the decades of oppression before hand, but the fact that palestinians had one of their deadliest years in recent times during January 2023 to September 2023, many fatalities of which were in the west bank, where there is no hamas and israel are committing unspeakable war crimes there. To ignore all of that just to acknowledge the 1 attack on israel on the 7th October shows as a humanity we are capable of any atrocity, no matter how progressive things seem.
Not until the Palestinian Arab people totally and unconditionally renounce their genocidal intent towards the people and State of Israel, accept the State of Israel's right to exist permanently as a sovereign Jewish state, and cease all violent measures against the Israeli populace.
@B62M7DY9mos9MO
#1 Engaged Two State Solution for Israel and Palestine
Whilst you may be hurt by the atrocities that happened on October 7th (I don't condone Hamas in any way whatsoever), in what way did that exhibit "genocidal intent"? If you're going to mention thoughts of genocide, I think it's also important to talk about the active genocide happening in Gaza. Remember, Palestine does NOT have a military, nor do they have any form of protection against the IDF.
@B22CRGX1yr1Y
Palestine has had a lot of land taken away from them over history, israel should be a small state like it was and palestine should get all their stolen land back
Yes, but it may be too late. Israel does not need to exist as a separate nation for any national or historical ties to the region to be valid
@9QKWYWC2yrs2Y
Yes, most world nations such as the UK, Russia, China, Germany etc support this decision only the Israeli government and few others want only Israel to be in control.
@9QQ2ZZDIndependent2yrs2Y
Given the history and the immoveable ideology of the Palestinian regime there can never be a two state solution. If other Arab Muslim countries truly believed that it was possible they would have acted long before now. If you start a war then you need to know before going into it that you could lose everything.
@B4M7N28 1yr1Y
“the immoveable ideology”
It is very ironic talking about 'immoveable ideology', as if the Zionist colonial project sole task isn't to take over Palestine and displace them from their homes since 1897 by Theodor Herzl. Don't forget who is expanding into the West Bank illegally to this day.
@B5L2HSJ 11mos11MO
I think Palestine should gain the land and power they possessed before the end of WW2. It was a mistake for western powers to get involved to set up a Jewish state in the middle east as it has only fuelled Zionism and Islamophobia
@9QHYCK9Independent2yrs2Y
I support a completely free Palestine, residents of Israel should return to Europe and the United States of America
@9QH8XXR2yrs2Y
Recognise the genocide and ethic cleansing of Palestinians and hold Israel accountable for its occupation.
My preference is a single state monitored internationally that treats the Jews as a respected religion but not a biological race.
@9QFNFLN2yrs2Y
I think palestinians should be able to to return to their homes. Isreal and Palestine is the same thing.
@9QF8L6J2yrs2Y
No. The land should be returned to the Palestinian people. The state itself should be overseen by the UN until the fascist and genocidal indoctrination has faded. There should be a single state shared between Arab and Jew. The holy city should remain a UN territory.
@9Q9M86S2yrs2Y
Palestine should be it's own state and the 'State' of Isreal should be a part of Palestine, but under devolution.
@9Q8P56TConservative2yrs2Y
Yes, it should at least be tried. Ok, historically it's been reputed but surely it's worth trying again to try and stop this genocide.
@9Q7GVG82yrs2Y
No one state with equal rights for all citizens Palestinian and Israeli, Jewish, Muslim and Christian
@9PY39ZP2yrs2Y
Yes in theory, but it is not feasible with Israel being founded as a settler colonial project which rests on the ethnic cleansing of indigenous people so I do not think supporting it has any merit in practice.
@9PS4Y952yrs2Y
No I believe in the dissolution of an ethnostate and for Palestinians and Israelis to live in one state with equal rights for all
No, Palestine should become it’s own state and israel should give the original land back to the Palestinian people
@9TRZHF62yrs2Y
I support Palestine. Israel should be abolished as it’s an illegal settlement built on the blood and bodies of the natives who have lived and thrived in Palestine for the past 200+ years. I only support a one state solution - Palestine.
@9T37TT62yrs2Y
No, it should be one Palestine that is multicultural and multifaith, as it was before the British came in.
@9SJ74YG2yrs2Y
There should be a Confederation between both Israel and Palestine that allows for free movement and the end of Israeli military occupation in Palestine.
@6VG8JZG 2yrs2Y
No, Palestine should become the singular state in the region again and serve as a protected territory of the British.
@9R6ZB582yrs2Y
Yes with more land for Palestine than Just Gaza and the West bank at least half of the holy city must be part of Palestine
@9R4N93V2yrs2Y
No the oppression from israel and what they are doing is a war crime so we must destroy israel but hamas has to stand down
@9QSR6ND2yrs2Y
No, Israel will expand even more into the West Bank, leaving the Palestinians in destitute and barren areas.
@9QNGDT52yrs2Y
Palestine deserves to be acknowledged and treated globally as its own independent state, with the same rights that countries like Israel have access to — particularly foreign aid for when atrocities are committed on their soil. Free Palestine.
@9QKM8DH2yrs2Y
One democratic state with one person one vote the two state solution is a smoke screen and a delaying tactic and with illegal settlements is almost impossible to implement
@9PGCXYY2yrs2Y
Palestine is the country. Israel is an occupying force. They have disregarded the original two state solution that created Israel and Palestine.
@9M6SKGP2yrs2Y
No, Israel is a vestigial relic of Britain, France and the US's colonial hegemony, and its further colonial activity is an affront to any notion of civility. Israel is a colony that should be returned to Palestine.
@9M4TBXM2yrs2Y
No, I support the liberation of the Palestinian people and support their choices, Israel continue to build illegal settlements and denying a two-state solution
No, I only support a free Palestine and end to illegal occupation and Zionist apartheid
@NKHistory 2yrs2Y
No, and the Palestinian Authority should be eliminated
@9KGWCNV2yrs2Y
No, Isreal is not a state but an occupying force and should be disregarded as a failed western experiment in colonisation.
@9JXYXZ8Women's Equality2yrs2Y
Palestine was the original country and should return that way as Isreal is a white supremist colonialist settlement aka Zionism which most Jews are against due to the fascist ideology Zionism is.
@9JXLSQC 2yrs2Y
No, Palestine should be handed back in full to the people of Palestine and protected from any illegal occupation
Yes, and the West should recognise a Palestinian state and stop supporting Israel until it begins making progress towards one.
@9JLWYZY2yrs2Y
Palestine should no longer be oppressed and the west should not support oppression from either side. Instead helping to resolve this issue
@9P6LYBDConservative2yrs2Y
Yes, Israel was a construct by the US government to give Jewish people a "homeland". 2 countries should exist Palestine and Israel, and neither should have their current leadership in power.
@9N7QHC9Animal Welfare2yrs2Y
Do whatever it takes to shut Israel down. It is not a conflict between the two, Israel are actively slaughtering children. Hamas has defended itself only twice, and both times the reaction from Israel has been out of control, they have been ordered to stop, and they have ignored, they ignored it and they burned people alive. They burned BABIES Alive.
Israel NEED TO BE STOPPED
@9MTQDVM2yrs2Y
I support the abolishing of the apartheid and one state solution which creates the Palestinian state with equal rights and representations for both Palestinians and Israelis.
Isreal is not a place, palestine is the name of the country and it should be free from occupiers. Palestine for Palestinians.
@9MPSQWK2yrs2Y
Yes, as it seems to be the only option to be given a sliver of consideration, however, it is still Palestine.
@9MPGKXGLiberal Democrat2yrs2Y
Yes, but Palestinians must have the right of return and all land claimed by setters in the Occupied Territories must be returned to the Palestinians. 1947 borders must be returned to the Palestinians if there is to be any hope of a two-state solution.
@9LTFPNB2yrs2Y
I believe the Israeli occupation should be eradicated and for the land to be returned rightfully to the Palestinians. Illegal Israeli settlers should return to their countries of origin.
@9LLTW742yrs2Y
That would be ideal, but it is unrealistic, just look at Israel's tactics in Gaza and the West bank.
@9LF7GNY2yrs2Y
No, sever all diplomatic ties with Israel and support a 1 Palestinian state solution.
@9LDRMDW2yrs2Y
I support a democratic marxist federation of local communities across the entire region.
@8SHDQKH 2yrs2Y
No, not at the moment. While Israel societally and politically split regarding settlements, Israel has no viable partner for peace. All Palestinian leadership, and all of normative Palestinian society views the eradication of Israel as a fundamental cultural aim.
@9L7TSFF2yrs2Y
No and Palestinian land should be returned to their people.
@9L3R5232yrs2Y
This is only workable once Israel is hugely deradicalized as a nation.
@9K3NSVT2yrs2Y
Ideally, no. Palestinians should not have to settle for a two state solution with the government and people who have displaced and committed genocide against them. Israel would also hold an unequal power against Palestine in any negotiations and agreements.
@9JLQP292yrs2Y
For a two-state solution to work, the Israeli government would need to be reformed while any current politicians who support the genocide should be punished accordingly.
@9PZ428Q2yrs2Y
No, I support a One-state solution with freedom, democracy and equal rights for all people living between the river and the sea.
One-state solution that dissolves apartheid structures in Israeli law, constitution and society, and invites a right of return for displaced Palestinians. Heavy disarmament of Israeli settlers, disbanding/restructuring of the IDF and concurrent disarmament of Palestinian fighting groups.
@9Q22CX92yrs2Y
Palestine should never been given to Israel. It should be the state of Palestine where Jewish people are allowed to live alongside Palestinians as was previously
@9Q2L2G82yrs2Y
In theory yes. However, I do not believe that in practice a two-state solution would ever be a satisfactory solution to the belligerents.
@9P5P3BY2yrs2Y
The land is historically Palestine's and Israel has illegally invaded, occupied and massacred Palestinians through genocide and apartheid. Israel is a terrorist state that must be dismantled, and all land handed back to the native Arab Palestinians.
@9P2MNVRLiberal Democrat2yrs2Y
Yes, but Israel should be forced to return all land stolen with the proviso that Palestine is a true democracy and nobody involved with terrorism is involved in leadership of any part of the country. This should be overseen by The UN .
@BCTXX636 days6D
@BCT8J3P 7 days7D
Yes but both states need to support ceasefire and equal rights for Jews and Arabs
the only correct stance is a single binational state, and anything less than that is only prolonguing the conflict indefinitely
@BCSL22Y1wk1W
I am Israeli. Jews and Palestinians (and other naturalized citizens should all live in one country and have no segregation
@BCRL2DV1wk1W
I don't see how it is important to take a position on an intractable conflict.
@BCRH9QS1wk1W
Yes, but antisemitic extremists must have no role in Palestine and Israel must remove its illegal settlements and pay reparations for the settlements and the destruction of Gaza.
@BCRG9K21wk1W
One state solution, where individual and group rights are protected. Jerusalem a free city, under UN administration.
@BCR4C942wks2W
Yes , but only whenever hamas is completely irradicated as they are a terrorist organisation , not a "Resistance movement". Hamas invaded israel first and killed innocent people and cut off their heads with shovels , they are terrorists , not freedom fighters.
@BCQZ7SX2wks2W
Ideally, one state, where everyone is equal before the law and every group enjoys their right to self-determination.
@BBJPZ782mos2MO
No, the state of Israel as it is now should be dissolved to make way for a Palestinian state with equal rights for all residents and right of return for everyone who has been displaced since 1948
@BBHVBS22mos2MO
Yes, but I would still prefer it if Jerusalem were an independent UN-monitored state separate from the two.
A two-state solution has been offered countless times to Palestine and they have refused as they want all of the land.
Yes, but Israel will do what means to block it so it better than we sanction and cut all ties to Israel as well as boycott their gods until they change their mind
@BB3ZV3Y2mos2MO
No, I think both countries should be wiped off the face of the earth. Replace them with a national park.
@B9MSGXV3mos3MO
the general idea of a 2 state solution wouldn't work with these two opposing ideals but I have no other alternatives for piece
@B9J8XKV 3mos3MO
No, not until ISRAELIS demonstrate their willingness for peaceful coexistence. We should not put the burden on the occupied nation when the oppressors have such deep rooted prejudice
@B8FT4N45mos5MO
No, I believe both sides have proven they cannot coexist without war, therefore there must be a third party control for both communities to maintain an equal balance of both.
I believe one state of Palestine with equal rights for all citizens is the only way to prevent future Israeli oppression
A two-state solution as a short term solution to end the violence and ensure the possibility of a future establishment of an eventual federal state that includes equal rights for Israelis, Palestinians and everyone else, which is guaranteed by a series of checks and balances (possibly including foreign oversight).
@B879YFK6mos6MO
Only once we can be sure that every terrorist has left Palestine and they will not condone further terrorist attacks on Israel. All hostages would also need to be returned.
@B7VN9R86mos6MO
No, Palestinians should be allowed to return to the land stolen from them and the homes they have been forcibly removed from for decades
I support the solution of Trump just building it brand new from the ground up and for there to be peace.
@B7JR4RV7mos7MO
It should just be Palestine. Israel should not exist. palestine should be a secular state where christians, muslims and jews can live together. we can do it in the uk so they should do it there
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