Two-state solution
Overview
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is the ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. The conflict is wide-ranging, and the term is also used in reference to the earlier phases of the same conflict, between Jewish and Zionist yishuv and the Arab population living in Palestine under Ottoman or...
is the consensus solution that is currently under discussion by the key parties to the conflict, most recently at the Annapolis Conference
Annapolis Conference
-Attendees:U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice organized and hosted the conference. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and U.S. President George W. Bush attended the meeting...
in November 2007. The proposal is supported by many international figures and agencies.
A two-state solution is in practice a proposal for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. The main point on which the two-state solution formula differs from those for an independent Palestinian state is that the two-state solution calls for direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
Discussions
