11-22-2019: The end of the two-state solution [ePalestine] PRI The World radio show (8 mins)

https://www.pri.org/file/2019-11-22/end-two-state-solution

 

This week's announcement by the Trump administration on Israeli settlements in the West Bank raises serious questions around the idea that has underlined negotiation talks between Israelis and Palestinians for decades. Are both peoples capable of living peacefully together as citizens of one united country? The World's host Marco Werman speaks with a Palestinian and a settler living in the West Bank.

 

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