The “Two State Solution”: Reality or Delusion?

Study Paper September 2010

By Arnold M. Soloway

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Six Questions:

Who wants a “Two State Solution”?
How would it serve America’s interests?
What right do Jews have to a state in Palestine?
What is the “Strategy of Stages”?
Should Jerusalem again be divided?
President Obama, The “Two State Solution” and Israel?

THE AUTHOR: Arnold M. Soloway, A.B., M.A., Brown University; Ph.D., Harvard University; Chairman of the Board, Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation, 1987-89; Board of Advisors, National Committee for American Foreign Policy; Director, Committee for an Irish Forum, 1974-76; Brotherhood Award of National Conference of Christians and Jews, Northeast Region, 1965; Sports Illustrated, 25th anniversary All-American Award, 1967; Chairman, Harvard University Graduate Society Council, 1982-83; Board of Higher Education, Commonwealth of Mass., 1979-81; taught at Brown University, Harvard University, and the Graduate School of Boston College. He has written and lectured extensively on Middle East affairs and was principal author of Truth and Peace in the Middle East, Friendly House, New York, 1971 and The Role of Arab Political Culture and History in the Conflict with Israel, Center for Near East Policy Research, April 1985.

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