Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the two-state solution, a proposed diplomatic resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that would establish a state for Palestinians alongside the state of Israel.
Two-State Solution
The Latest
-
Breaking News U.N. Chief: Settlements Shutting Door to Peace
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday the “door may be closing, for good” on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying the continued growth of Jewish settlements undercuts peace. “The two-state solution is the only sustainable option. Yet the door may be closing, for good,” Ban told the U.N. General Assembly. “The continued…
-
Israel News Out of Blue, Midwest Vote Becomes Israel Scrap
There are few Jews living in Illinois’s 8th Congressional District. But Israel and the proposed two-state solution to its conflict with the Palestinians are front and center in the heated congressional race there. To the surprise of many, the race between incumbent Republican Joe Walsh and Democrat Tammy Duckworth has become a battleground for supporters…
-
News End of Two-State Solution, Orthodox in the IDF
In this week’s podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis talks with Washington correspondent Nathan Guttman about a growing sense that the two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict may no longer be possible. Then, Josh is joined by opinion editor Gal Beckerman to discuss a new deal that may see ultra-Orthodox Jews serving in the Israel Defense Force…
-
News Time to Abandon Stalled Peace Process?
Once seen as heresy, proposals for bypassing the Middle East peace process — or even jettisoning a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — are increasingly making their way into mainstream discourse while the peace process itself remains mired in a deep freeze. The spectrum of ideas now being voiced in prominent and respected political…
-
Opinion J Street’s Blind Spot Is Class
I’m not one for political conventions. Good policy is subtle, but effective politics is broad — and I, for one, prefer the former. When friends of mine returned from the AIPAC conference in early March, inspired by (in the words of one of them) “thousands of Jews all united by a love of Israel,” I…
-
News J Street Swims Upstream in Election Year
In this election year, even liberal Democrats are seeking to protect their flanks by touting hawkish credentials on Israel. For J Street, the dovish pro-Israel lobby whose annual Washington conference wrapped up recently, that makes 2012 a year for swimming upstream. The group is targeting its message where it believes it will have the most…
-
Opinion Jerusalem Isn’t Just for Arabs, Either
I write this late on Sunday night in Doha, following the first day of the Arab League’s Conference on Jerusalem. I am attending the conference as an individual and a member of the foreign policy community — not as a representative of any organization (as is the case when I attend most conferences). That said,…
-
Culture Channeling Kafka, Amos Oz Weaves Weighty Tales
Scenes From Village Life By Amos Oz Translated by Nicholas de Lange Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 182 pages, $22 If Franz Kafka were a happily married, 70-year-old Israeli family man, he wouldn’t be Franz Kafka. He also wouldn’t be Amos Oz. He might, however, have written something quite like Amos Oz’s new book of connected stories,…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
News Dutch Jews grapple with ‘weaponization’ of their fear following attack on Israelis
- 2
News What a Secretary of State Marco Rubio would mean for American Jews and Israel
- 3
Opinion Almost all voting groups shifted toward Trump, except American Jews. Why?
- 4
Fast Forward Trump AG nominee Matt Gaetz has left a trail of antisemitic comments
In Case You Missed It
-
Opinion Like our patriarch Abraham, American Jews face 10 post-election tests of our values
-
Fast Forward Trump taps RFK Jr., whose anti-vaccine activism has included antisemitic comments, to lead Dept. of Health and Human Services
-
Fast Forward A Ben & Jerry’s battle over Israel, long frozen, thaws anew amid Gaza war
-
News What a Trump second presidency will mean for school prayer, campus antisemitism and other education issues Jews care — and worry — about
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
