Power-Sharing and Partition amid Israel–Palestine

Abstract

This paper reviews the deep difficulties entailed in achieving a two-state solution to the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. It shows that there are equally deep difficulties in seeking to achieve standard power-sharing prescriptions in the region. The status quo, however, is neither acceptable nor likely to be stable in the medium term. A power-sharing perspective may, however, productively assist in making a two-state solution work better, and, paradoxically, may also assist the credibility of those who advocate a one-state solution.