The Israeli Palestinian Conflict: Declining Hope For A Two State System

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The Israeli Palestinian Conflict: can a one-state solution end the conflict?
Declining Hope For A Two State System
The Israeli-Palestinian war has been a source of conflict between Israel and Palestine since 1948. The Zionist movement's activities initiated the war by bringing Jews into Palestine in the 1930s and 1940s (AbuZayyad 1). The activities set the stage for a confrontation between the Arabs in Palestine and the Israelites. Notably, one of the major outcomes of the war was creating the Israeli state and the uprooting of Palestinians, who became refugees in their land. The Palestinians have continued to demand to return to their home, which since then became an Israeli state. They approach the issue as a right defined under the international law stipulated by the General Assembly's resolution 194 (AbuZayyad 1). Based on the international law and the events leading to the Palestinians' displacement, they have the right to claim Palestine. However, establishing a Palestine state where the Palestinians enjoy full rights and freedom to return to, with guaranteed security and piece of restoration, remains a challenging process. Several wars have followed since the 1948 war, including the six-day war (Nakba) and the Gaza war of 2014. The conflicts illustrate challenges in international relations politics between Israeli and Palestine. Some proposals recommend establishing a one-state resolution to bring the politics and the conflict to an end. Reaching this solution would be beneficial as Palestinians and Israelis would leave mutually and end resources wastage to an eternal war.
Several international players have considered a two-state proposal as the probable solution to the conflict. The EU remains one of the major proponents of the two-state solution asserting that Israel is violating international laws and their occupation of the Palestinian region is unlawful and a breach of human rights (Harpaz 1). Moreover, the EU observes that Israeli’s occupation of the Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, West Bank, and East Jerusalem obstructs the path to peace as they violate international law. The EU position has been maintained since the Venice Declaration of 1980, which resulted in the EU asking Israeli and Palestine. In 1999, to make an agreement and peace that would result in a two-state arrangement (Harpaz 4). The view resulted in several sanctions, including rejection of products produced in the annexed region and further emphasis that Israeli exit the region based on the 1949 Greenline border outlined before the 1967 Seville Declaration. The proposal for a two-state arrangement has taken a long to believe that it would become effective soon. The existing stalemate from the Israeli government demonstrates its unwillingness to accept such a proposal. International governments mediating in the case should propose multiple alternatives that would bring change to the conflict and give the Palestinians freedom to exercise their right over the Palestinian region.
The arguments for a two-state system have encountered changes that the proposal is no longer feasible. O'Malley observes that facts on the ground and in mind have changed since the 1967 agreement (1). Moreover, the article notes that the ...