Israeli Right Takes On Two-State Solution
Some young Israeli right-wing politicians have mastered public discourse against the two-state solution, suggesting even annexation and citizenship for the West Bank's Palestinians.
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and Trade Naftali Bennett and Knesset member Tzipi Hotovely are increasingly and successfully depicting it as an outdated and unrealistic solution.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.
