1-5-2018 As a 2-State Solution Loses Steam, a 1-State Plan Gains Traction - DAVID M. HALBFINGER New York TImes​

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/05/world/middleeast/israel-palestinians-state.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

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…"At least 30 percent of Palestinians support one-state when no one is talking about it," said Hamada Jaber, an organizer of a group called the One State Foundation. "If there's at least one political party on each side that will talk about it and adapt this strategy, the support will grow." The idea has stronger support among the young, said Khalil Shikaki, a Palestinian pollster, particularly students and professionals who have clamored for a change in strategy since the Arab spring in 2011…If and when a more liberal Israeli government is elected, it could also revive a two-state peace process…But the costs and political difficulty of withdrawing Israelis from the West Bank grow with every settler family that moves in…

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