On the 20th anniversary of the Oslo Accord, the two-state solution appears to be facing its greatest challenge yet from the political right. Articulate young representatives like Minister of Economy and Trade Naftali Bennett and Knesset member Tzipi Hotovely are increasingly and successfully depicting it as an outdated and unrealistic solution.

In the two decades since Oslo, the idea of the two-state solution has become increasingly accepted and entrenched in the Israeli public mind. At its height, the idea was publicly adopted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his Bar-Ilan University speech in June 2009. That appeared to be an unadulterated victory for the Israeli left, whose representatives have been preaching this solution since 1967 but were for a long time considered a delusional and irresponsible minority.

After the first intifada, the political mainstream also started espousing the two-state idea. Leading figures like former minister Dan Meridor, former prime minister Ehud Olmert, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and former defense minister Shaul Mofaz — all veterans of the Likud party — adopted it and expanded public support for the idea. At the same time, the right wing was increasingly hard pressed to market its opposition to the idea. Its main argument, the potential damage of a Palestinian state to Israel’s security interests, was not sufficiently convincing and sounded tired and dated. The fact that the right’s representatives did not offer a clear alternative did not score any points for the opponents’ camp, either.

But in recent weeks, something new appears to be happening in Israel’s political-public discourse. One can easily discern a shift in the balance of power and the vision of two states is being challenged from the right as it hasn’t been in years, despite that the two-state idea should have been flowering following the visit of US President Barak Obama and the rounds of shuttle diplomacy by Secretary of State John Kerry.