Was Abbas' endorsement of one-state solution plea or ploy? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Daoud Kuttab

Daoud Kuttab

Oct 6, 2017

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, Sept. 20, 2017. — REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

A bulldozer works at a construction site in Pisgat Zeev, an urban settlement in an area Israel annexed to Jerusalem after capturing it in the 1967 Middle East war, August 13, 2013. A 10-minute drive from where negotiators will sit down on Wednesday to resume long-stalled Middle East peace talks, Israeli bulldozers are busy reshaping land that Palestinians want for their future state.
REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION) - RTX12JQ0

Two-State Solution Under Siege

Daoud Kuttab

In Amman, reporting on Palestinian politics

Are Palestinians contemplating one-state solution?

Uri Savir

A labourer works on a construction site in a Jewish settlement near Jerusalem known to Israelis as Har Homa and to Palestinians as Jabal Abu Ghneim May 7, 2013. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has quietly curbed new building projects in Jewish settlements, an Israeli watchdog group and media reports said on Tuesday, in an apparent bid to help U.S. efforts to revive peace talks with the Palestinians. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (POLITICS BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION) - RTXZDI4

New Palestinian Movement Calls for One-State Solution

Daoud Kuttab

In Amman, reporting on Palestinian politics

Stone-throwing Palestinian protesters run during clashes with Israeli soldiers at a protest against a nearby Israeli settlement in the West Bank village of Kfar Kadum, near Nablus May 31, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX1078I

The Myth of One-State Alternative To the Two-State Solution

Lorenzo Kamel