The hybrid state solution
Map of the two-state solution, from: Britannica For years we have been hearing about the completely stalled negotiations for a two-state solution. The so-called one-state solution is therefore gaining more and more ground, but is that really an improvement? Neither solution seems ideal to me. In my current blog post I therefore argue for an alternative solution: the hybrid state solution. A solution based not on a perpetual negotiation framework, but on ongoing, UN enforcement of international law and peace. In that hybrid state solution, as I currently envision it, you will continue to have two national states, a state of Israel and a state of Palestine, but they themselves will fall under a limited but effective confederal UN regime, including the necessary military means to combat apartheid, to stop and prevent colonial oppression, ethnic cleansing and genocide. In the Netherlands we've heard a lot of commotion in recent months about the statement 'from the river to t...
