Open AccessTwo States in Palestine?
Author(s) -
Anthony Oberschall
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advances in social science and culture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2640-9682
pISSN - 2640-9674
DOI - 10.22158/assc.v1n1p14
Subject(s) - economic rent , subsidy , palestine , state (computer science) , incentive , political science , human settlement , economy , economics , political economy , law , ancient history , geography , market economy , history , archaeology , algorithm , computer science
Israelis and Palestinians have off loaded the costs of their conflict to outsiders and lack incentives for peace making. Massive subsidies for the Palestinians should be gradually withdrawn and Israel should pay rent for the settlements and other land it occupies. The rents will fund the Palestinian economy and compensation payments in lieu of the right of return. The Palestinian state will be demilitarized and neutral, and become viable with economic ties to Israel and with international aid. Two states will coexist along the 1967 green line and East Jerusalem will be part of “Jerusalem: one city, two capitals” . Peace making will be backed by the major international stakeholders and the agreement will be legitimized by the voters in both countries.