One State, Two States: Resolving the Israel/Palestine Conflict » (New Edition)

Benny Morris is professor of history, Middle East Studies Department, Ben-Gurion University, Israel. He has published many previous books as an author and editor, among them Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881–2001; The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited; and Making Israel. He lives in Israel.

"What is so striking about Morris's work as a historian is that it does not flatter anyone's prejudices, least of all his own." David Remnick remarked in a New Yorker article. With the same commitment to objectivity that consistently characterizes his approach, Morris now turns his attention to the present day legacy of the events of 1948 and the concrete options for the future of Palestine and Israel.

One State, Two States scrutinizes the history of the goals of the Palestinian national movement and the Zionist movement, then considers the various one- and two-state proposals made by different streams within the two movements. It also looks at the willingness or unwillingness of each movement to find an accommodation based on compromise. Morris assesses the viability and practicality of proposed solutions in the light of complicated and acrimonious realities. Throughout his groundbreaking career, Morris has reshaped understanding of the Israeli-Arab conflict. Here, once again, he arrives at a new way of thinking about the discord.

Commentary

"gloomy, concise, and spot-on"—Commentary

Acknowledgments vii

Maps viii

List of Abbreviations XV

1 The Reemergence of One-Statism 1

2 The History of One-State and Two-State Solutions 28

3 Where To? 161

Notes 203

Bibliography 223

Index 230