The one-state solution as a basis for settling the Palestinian-Israeli conflict between :between Reality challenges and applicability

Abstract

This study dealt with the one-state option as an option for settling the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, after the failure of the two-state solution after the settlement horizon closed and the peace process reached a dead end as a result of the rise of the national and religious right to power in Israel. It is based on presenting the one-state solution as an option for the settlement from the point of view of the owners of this option, and the difficulties and challenges that prevent its implementation. It also showed the importance of the two-state solution as a basis for the settlement, despite the difficulty of achieving it. The study showed that the one-state solution as an option for a settlement with Israel, despite its importance from an intellectual point of view, contributes to putting Israel in a dilemma between its democracy and its racism, in light of the declining chances of a settlement according to the principle of the two-state solution. The settlement and the decline in the chances of implementing the two-state solution, in light of Israel’s continued establishment of new realities on the ground through settlements, Judaization and land confiscation. She explained that this option, in addition to the difficulty of implementing it in practice, entails many risks related to undermining the Palestinian identity, the historical narrative of the Palestinian people, and the gains that have been achieved in the international system. international.