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A one state reality already predominates in the territories controlled by the state of Israel, according to the authors of an article in the May/June issue of Foreign Affairs, which is more fully laid out in their book, a collection of essays, The One State Reality: What is Israel/Palestine?
From their publishers, Cornell Press, “The book forces a reconsideration of foundational concepts such as state, sovereignty, and nation; encourages different readings of history; shifts conversation about solutions from two states to alternatives that borrow from other political contexts; and provides context for confronting uncomfortable questions such as whether Israel/Palestine is an ‘apartheid state.’ ”
They also address the role of the United States in the current situation.
“The United States bears considerable responsibility for entrenching the one-state reality, and it continues to play a powerful role in framing and shaping the Israeli-Palestinian issue. Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank would not have survived and accelerated, and occupation would not have endured, without U.S. efforts to shield Israel from repercussions at the United Nations and other international organizations. Without American technology and arms, Israel would probably not have been able to sustain its military edge in the region, which also enabled it to solidify its position in the occupied territories.”
Shibley Telhami is the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland, Director of the University of Maryland Critical Issues Poll, and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He has advised every U.S. administration from George H.W. Bush to Barack Obama. He is the author and editor of numerous books including his best-selling book, The Stakes: America and the Middle East, The World through Arab Eyes: Arab Public Opinion and the Reshaping of the Middle East, The Peace Puzzle: America’s Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace, 1989-2011, and his forthcoming book: Peace Derailed: Obama, Trump, Biden, and the Decline of Diplomacy on Israel/Palestine, 2011-2022 (co-authored). Telhami is a recipient of the Excellence in Public Service Award, awarded by the University System of Maryland Board of Regents in 2006, the University of Maryland’s Honors College 2014 Outstanding Faculty Award, and the University of Maryland’s Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Award in 2018. In 2013, he was selected by the Carnegie Corporation of New York as one of the “Great Immigrants.”
Nathan Brown is a Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. He teaches courses on Middle Eastern politics as well as on comparative politics and international relations. He has received the Oscar and Shoshana Trachtenberg Award for Scholarship from George Washington University and the Harry Harding teaching award from the Elliott School of International Affairs and named a Guggenheim Fellow, a Carnegie Scholar, and a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. In 2013-2015, Dr. Brown was president of the Middle East Studies Association, the academic association for scholars studying the region. His research has been funded by the United States Institute of Peace and two Fulbright fellowships. He serves on the board of trustees at the American University in Cairo and is nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He served as an advisor for the committee drafting the Palestinian constitution, USAID, the United Nations Development Program, and several NGOs.
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