John Chuckman
COMMENT POSTED TO A BOOK REVIEW AND DISCUSSION BY JOEL DOERFLER IN MONDOWEISS
“Facing Reality: moving on from the two-state solution in Ian Lustick’s ‘Paradigm Lost’”
I believe the late (wonderful) Edward Said had supported the single-state solution.
No reasonable person, I think, can oppose it, however the region has a good many unreasonable residents, both Israeli and Palestinian.
And the absolute key to either solution, two-state or one-state, is American support and authority, but that in itself represents a huge problem.
America has not acted as an honest broker in Middle East affairs, and I think it fair to say that that statement is even truer today than previously.
A few years ago, I wrote a clear and concise article on some of the problems involved.
Readers may find it here:
https://chuckmanwords.wordpress.com/2017/02/22/john-chuckman-essay-two-states-or-one-state-the-stark-reality-is-that-both-solutions-are-impossible-unless-imposed-from-outside-and-just-where-do-we-see-any-prospect-for-that/
