The Middle East Conundrum
Analysis
BBC
4.6 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 July 2018
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Edward Stourton asks if there any chance of a long-term solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Tensions have been rising following the move of the US Embassy to Jerusalem and the deadly clashes at the border between Israel and Gaza. The peace process - if it exists at all - seems to be in deep freeze. The idea of a two-state solution does not appear to be getting any closer, while a one-state solution would effectively mark the end of a Jewish state. Does Israel have a long-term strategy? Producer: Ben Cooper.
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| 0:42.0 | Edward Sterton asks if there is any chance the podcast about the ideas behind the news. |
| 0:43.0 | Edward Sterton asks if there is any chance of a long-term solution to the Israeli-Palestinian |
| 0:47.2 | conflict. |
| 0:49.2 | Palestinians call these protests the great march of return. For many of the young people |
| 0:56.0 | who rushed the border wire with Israel it was a one-way journey. In mid-May as Israel |
| 1:02.2 | marked its 70th anniversary and the United States moved its embassy to |
| 1:06.0 | Jerusalem, some 60 Palestinians were killed during protests along the Gaza border. |
| 1:11.8 | The stories dropped out of the headlines, but the protests and the dying have |
| 1:15.2 | continued in a steady attrition. Sixteen people have been killed since then, and the |
| 1:20.2 | casualty figures over the past two and a half months are now estimated at over 120 dead and more than 14,600 wounded. |
| 1:29.0 | For this program we've been asking a question that used to make headlines and was once prominent |
| 1:34.9 | in foreign ministerial intrays. |
| 1:37.4 | Is there a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? |
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