"The Only way forward is a Two State Solution." How do you suppose that will be achieved?
"In 2000, then-Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat turned down a generous offer of a two-state solution from then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Arafat was offered all of Gaza, 97% of Judea and Samaria, and eastern Jerusalem. Arafat rejected the deal because it required him to publicly declare that the “struggle” against the Jewish state was over. Clinton has long since made it clear that it was Arafat who walked away from peace. Arafat promptly launched the terrorist war of the second intifada.
In 2008, P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas was offered an even more generous deal by Israel’s then-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Bush has made clear that Abbas rejected the deal because, as in 2000, it required him to agree to give up the “struggle” against Israel. The terror campaign called the “war of knives” soon followed.
In short, there is no “durable peace” for Israelis and Palestinians because the Palestinians refuse to make peace so long as it means the Jewish state will continue to exist."
