The Two-State Reality Today

The Two-State Solution

• The two-state solution, passed in 1947, aimed to create two states – one for the Jewish and one for the Palestinians – on the land of historic Palestine.

• The United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181, known as the Partition Plan of Palestine, is the birth certificate of the two-state idea.

• However, it has only given birth to one state: Israel, with the Palestinian state remaining unborn.

A Two-State Reality

• The two-state reality has taken form, but both are Israel’s.

• The first state was established through the expulsion and ethnic cleansing of the indigenous Palestinian people on 78% of the historical land of Palestine.

• The second state, the Halakha state, is rising on the remaining 22% of the historical land of Palestine, within the borders of the 1967-occupied Palestinian territories.

• The Halakha state has its own armed militias, budget, and political infrastructure, ruled by the Yesha Council, and subdivided into semi-autonomous regions.

• The Israeli state has developed a counter-logic, bolstered by its allies, to challenge the foundations of the two-state vision.

At a Crossroads

• The international community stands at a crossroads: will it act decisively in favor of a just and rational two-state solution that ends the Palestinian tragedy and brings a sustainable peace for all?

• There must be a moral test: there can be no peace without justice and the right to self-determination for the Palestinian people.

• The international community has the tools for action, including economic sanctions, arms embargoes, diplomatic pressure, and legal accountability in international courts.

• The world must stop treating Israel as a state above international law and indulging it as a spoiled, reckless adolescent.