Israel's two states debate
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9897127 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Taylor Greene (0000-0002-4185-6281, Tel Aviv University, corresponding author), TOBY GREENE (Visiting scholar in the Politics Department at Tel Aviv University, where he also teaches a course on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1009-1026 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-5850 • E-ISSN: 1468-2346 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-2346.12395 |
| OpenAlex | W2104047577 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is of enormous interest to scholars and policy-makers, yet the internal Israeli policy debate on this issue is often overlooked or oversimplified. It is impossible to understand Israeli actions, the constraints on Israeli decision-makers and the trajectory of the conflict itself without a deeper understanding of this debate. This article presents a framework for categorizing the leading policy prescriptions currently advocated in Israel with respect to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, drawing on public statements by politicians and leading think-tanks, and surveys of public opinion. The most discussed Israeli policy options are presented as follows: maintain the status quo; proactively move towards two states through either a negotiated agreement (Plan A) or unilateral separation (Plan B); or entrench Israeli presence in the West Bank through settlement expansion and annexation. Various public opinion surveys show the extent to which the Israeli public is divided on the issues, and an analysis of Israel's 2013–14 coalition demonstrates how all these approaches were being promoted simultaneously within the same cabinet, contributing to policy incoherence. The article concludes by outlining how Palestinian and international actions are influencing the Israeli debate, and argues that a move away from the status quo will require decisive Israeli leadership. It also suggests that third party attempts to impose terms for resolving the conflict that do not respond to concerns held widely in Israel are likely to fuel the argument of the status quo camp in the Israeli debate
Annexation · Argument (complex analysis · Cabinet (room · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Settlement (finance · Sociology · Status quo · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |