Reply #17: Very interesting article [View All]

[Jack Rabbit]

The Palestinians would be making a mistake to abandon a two-state solution. The only single state solution that could be acceptable to them is a bi-national state in which Jews and Arabs would have equality with each other. However, that won't fly with the Jews in Israel, since it would mean the end of a Jewish state.

This question is just academic: Could there be a way making a democratic single state palatable to the Jews? For example, in addition to full constitutional guarantees of freedom of worship, would it satisfy Jewish concerns if a clause were written into the state's constitution declaring that Jews fleeing persecution in other countries will have a right to immigrate to the bi-national state? That seems to me to be the first concern of Zionism; it is hisorically a legitimate concern.