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Two-state solution

People in athletic clothes warm up together on a sidewalk.

This Palestinian running group in Jerusalem fights for the ‘right to movement’ 

Sports

Palestinians have for decades had their freedom of movement curtailed around Jerusalem, with measures the Israeli authorities say are necessary for security.

Children play with a wheelbarrow.

Legal recognition of West Bank settlements could ‘kill off’ hope of two-state solution, says former US ambassador

Politics
White House senior advisor Jared Kushner smiles while listening to US President Donald Trump talk as the president meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 25, 2019.

Jared Kushner’s peace plan that nobody loves

Foreign policy

Israel to Palestinians: Only way to statehood is negotiation

Shay Charka uses pen to skewer all corners of Israeli society

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West Bank Israelis Hoping to Woo Obama

Global Politics

About 14,000 students attend Ariel University, which sits deep inside the West Bank, on the edge of a large Jewish settlement.

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Low Expectations in Israel for Obama Visit

Arts, Culture & Media

President Obama’s first overseas trip of his second term will include stops in Israel, the West Bank and Jordan. The administration says Iran, Syria and the long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process are on the agenda.

Lessons Learned from the Oslo Accords

Today,  as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approves new settlements in the West Bank, and Chairman Mahmoud Abbas succeeds in his pursuit for recognition at the United Nations, Israelis and Palestinians seem further apart than ever before. Yet twenty years ago this month, Palestinians and Israelis managed to come together in secret talks that concluded with the […]

US Attempts to Avert Palestinian Statehood Vote

The Obama administration is scrambling to avert a vote on Palestinian statehood at a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly next week. The Palestinian Authority and its allies say the vote would get the months-stalled peace process moving again toward a two-state solution. The move comes as Israel has seen a  significant  deterioration in diplomatic ties […]

Palestinian Visions for Statehood

Arts, Culture & Media

Palestinians are expected to ask for recognition of statehood from the United Nations in September. But as The World’s Matthew Bell reports, activists are divided on whether that would actually lead to the statehood Palestinians so desperately desire.

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