Is the Two-State Solution Still Viable?

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🗓️ 2 August 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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The two-state solution proposes establishing a separate Palestinian state alongside Israel as one way to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But post-October 7th and the ongoing war, is it still a possible outcome? Those who say “yes” argue it’s the most logical path toward achieving regional peace. Those who disagree say that the current circumstances and previous failed attempts makes the solution unlikely. Now we debate, in partnership with the Council on Foreign Relations: Is the Two-State Solution Still Viable? Arguing Yes: Ambassador Dennis Ross, Counselor and Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Mohammed Dajani Daoudi, Palestinian Peace Activist and Scholar; Founding Director of the Wasatia Academic Institute Arguing No: Elliott Abrams, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations; Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, Former Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, Israel’s Special Envoy for Trade & Innovation Emmy award-winning journalist John Donvan moderates Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.0	Hi everybody, I'm John Don Van standing on a stage at the Council of Foreign Relations in New York City
0:38.8	about to bring on stage four superbly qualified debaters to explore a proposed way out of the mutual
0:45.3	violence between Israelis and Palestinians that took a worsening turn on
0:49.9	October 7th. It's been proposed that the ultimately necessary compromise for these two
0:55.2	peoples to share the land they both claim will be to find a way to share the land by creating
1:00.3	two states, which may sound very naive at this particular moment, but in times past, this idea
1:06.9	inspired hope and even seemed to have momentum.
1:09.7	The question we're debating in partnership with our hosts here at the Council on Foreign Relations,
1:14.0	is the two-state solution still viable?
1:17.6	So we're going to begin in our first round, which is comprised of opening statements
1:21.0	by each debater in turn turn and speaking first will be
1:24.4	Ambassador Dennis Ross Dennis's counselor and distinguished fellow at the
1:28.3	Washington Institute for Near East Policy Dennis has been in the room literally in shaping US involvement in Middle East
1:35.3	peace process issues for decades across multiple presidential
1:39.2	administrations. Dennis you are answering yes to the question is a two-state solution still viable
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