Is it time to give up on the two-state solution?

A one state reality already predominates in the territories controlled by the state of Israel, according to the authors of an article in the May/June issue of Foreign Affairs, which is more fully laid out in their new edited collection, also called The One State Reality: What is Israel/Palestine?   The book forces a reconsideration of foundational concepts such as state, sovereignty, and nation; encourages different readings of history; shifts conversation about solutions from two states to alternatives that borrow from other political contexts; and provides context for confronting uncomfortable questions such as whether Israel/Palestine is an “apartheid state.”

Two of the four authors of the article, Shibley Telhami and Nathan Brown, present their analysis at a webinar hosted by Massachusetts Peace Action.

Shibley Telhami is the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. His best-selling book, The Stakes: America and the Middle East, was selected by Foreign Affairs as one of the top five books on the Middle East in 2003. In addition, his most recent book, The World Through Arab Eyes: Arab Public Opinion and the Reshaping of the Middle East, was published in 2013. Telhami was selected by the Carnegie Corporation of New York along with the New York Times as one of the “Great Immigrants” for 2013. Telhami is a recipient of the Excellence in Public Service Award, awarded by the University System of Maryland Board of Regents in 2006, and the University of Marylands Honors College 2014 Outstanding Faculty Award.

Nathan Brown is a Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington Columbian College of Arts and Sciences. He teaches courses on Middle Eastern politics as well as more general courses on comparative politics and international relations.  In 2013-2015, Dr. Brown was president of the Middle East Studies Association, the academic association for scholars studying the region.  He serves on the board of trustees at the American University in Cairo and is nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.  He has previously served as an advisor for the committee drafting the Palestinian constitution, USAID, the United Nations Development Program, and several NGOs.

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