Two State Solution Israel Palestine

Forty-seven Democrats sign letter calling for US to recognize a Palestinian state

Rep. Ro Khanna led 47 Democrats in pressing Trump and Rubio to back Palestinian statehood, while others proposed an Arab League-led deal.

U.S. Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) walks ahead of a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on a stopgap spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown that would otherwise begin October 1, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. U.S., September 19, 2025.
President of the anti-Houthi Southern Transitional Council Aidaros al-Zubaidi speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, September 24, 2025.

South Yemen would join Abraham Accords, says separatist leader Aidaros al-Zubaidi

France's President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he attends a joint statement with Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Moldovan President Maia Sandu, and Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz afte a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Chisinau, Moldova, August 27, 2025

Macron says Trump should stop Gaza war if he wants Nobel peace prize

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China, September 1, 2025.

Erdogan urges Palestinian recognition, UK says it won’t create Palestinian state overnight


The solution to Israel-Palestine - Opinion

The writer reflects on the various shortcomings of previous philosophies on the land division between Israelis and Palestinians.

 A MAP in the Palestinian pavilion showing Palestine as including the State of Israel.

Why support a two-state solution if it won't work? - opinion

The two-state solution idea was created by Shimon and Yossi Beilin as part of the Oslo Accords.

 PRIME MINISTER Yair Lapid addresses the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, Sept. 22.

If not two states, then what? - opinion

All of the Land of Israel is important to the Jewish people and all of the Land of Palestine is important to the Palestinian people.

 A PALESTINIAN uses a ladder to climb over a section of the separation barrier, near Ramallah in the West Bank. ‘I firmly believe that separation behind barbed wire fences and walls is an anti-peace move,’ says the writer.

Bennett slams Lapid: There is no logic bringing up Palestinian statehood

From Meretz on the Left to the Religious Zionist Party on the right, Israeli politicians were quick to respond to Lapid's historic statement.

 NAFTALI BENNETT and Yair Lapid hold a press conference at the Knesset last month, where they announced that they will be switching their positions as prime minister and alternate prime minister as the country goes to a new election.

Israel wants two-state solution to Palestinian conflict, Lapid to tell UN

In his address, Lapid will explain that “separating from the Palestinians has to be part of the nation’s vision.” 

 Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid at a graduating ceremony for new Israel Navy Officers in Haifa Naval Base, Northern Israel, on September 7, 2022.

Israel came out on top in Gaza op, but Hamas won diplomatically - former general

A war will not solve Israel's problem in Gaza, according to Matan Vilnai, CEO of Commander's for Israel's Security (CIS).

 A Palestinian Hamas supporter attends a protest to support Al-Aqsa mosque, in the northern Gaza Strip April 22, 2022.

Biden: I support two states based on pre-1967 lines

To help improve Palestinian day-to-day life, Biden said, he was pledging an additional $200 million to the United Relief and Works Agency.

 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and US President Joe Biden give a statement, in Bethlehem in the West Bank July 15, 2022.

The Jewish, Palestine homeland conundrum - opinion

From the outset, it is important to note that the two state solution, at least for me, was the best way possible to ensure that Israel would remain the democratic nation-state of the Jewish people.

 PALESTINIANS PROTEST in Hebron, marking the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, November 2, 2017. It would be great if the British were to issue a belated correction, saying they support a home for the Jewish people and the Palestinian people, says the writer.

US General who wrote Israel-Palestine security plan investigated for ties to Qatar

Allen is credited with building the framework for a security plan if Israel and Palestinian groups were to come to a peace agreement.

Retired Gen. John Allen,

Letters to the Editor May 18, 2022: Refusing to negotiate

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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