Settlements Are No Obstacle to a Two-State Solution
The data are clear.
December 1, 2017
The data are clear.
It is often claimed that Israeli communities east of the 1949 armistice lines (the so-called “Green Line”) are on the verge of rendering impossible the creation of a Palestinian state on the West Bank. If, the argument goes, the demographic growth of settlements and the building of new houses continue unchecked, Jewish and Arab populations will become hopelessly entangled. But a careful look at the details show that this is false, as David Makovsky explains:
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It is often claimed that Israeli communities east of the 1949 armistice lines (the so-called “Green Line”) are on the verge of rendering impossible the creation of a Palestinian state on the West Bank. If, the argument goes, the demographic growth of settlements and the building of new houses continue unchecked, Jewish and Arab populations will become hopelessly entangled. But a careful look at the details show that this is false, as David Makovsky explains:
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