Israel Matzav: The issue shifts to 1948

The issue shifts to 1948

In Tuesday's New York Times, Hussein Agha and Robert Malley - former State Department Arabists in the Clinton administration - argue that a 'two-state solution' between Israel and the 'Palestinians' doesn't resolve anything.

Over the past two decades, the origins of the conflict were swept under the carpet, gradually repressed as the struggle assumed the narrower shape of the post-1967 territorial tug-of-war over the West Bank and Gaza. The two protagonists, each for its own reason, along with the international community, implicitly agreed to deal with the battle’s latest, most palpable expression. Palestinians saw an opportunity to finally exercise authority over a part of their patrimony; Israelis wanted to free themselves from the burdens of occupation; and foreign parties found that it was the easier, tidier thing to do. The hope was that, somehow, addressing the status of the West Bank and Gaza would dispense with the need to address the issues that predated the occupation and could outlast it.

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Israel Matzav: The issue shifts to 1948