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These are the two broad ways the Israeli-Palestinian conflict might end.

The “one-state solution” would merge Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip into one big country.

(Each version of the one-state solution is unacceptable to one side or the other, and it is difficult to see how one could be implemented in the foreseeable future without significant violence.)

Virtually the entire world, including most Israelis, rejects this option.

The “two-state solution” would create an independent Israel and Palestine, and is the mainstream approach to resolving the conflict.

(It comes in two versions. One, favored by some leftists and Palestinians, would create a single democratic country. Arab Muslims would outnumber Jews, thus ending Israel as a Jewish state. The other version, favored by many on the Israeli right, would involve Israel annexing the West Bank and either forcing out Palestinians or denying them the right to vote.)

BUT THERE IS ANOTHER SOLOUTION WHICH HAS NOT BEING PROMOTED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS.

Around 25 federated nations exist today, including many of the largest democracies and 40 percent of humanity

I belive that most will accept the loss of a sovereign state in return for equal rights under Israeli rule, after all, the current arrangement on the ground is essentially a federation already – just one that is neither equitable nor logical.

To date, no Israeli political party has come out in support of the Federation plan, possibly because both right-wing hawks and left-wing, see a basic problem when Jews don’t receive the superiority that they [feel they] deserve.

would be flooded with returning Palestinians; an issue that could be mitigated by negotiations with neighboring Arab states to arrange citizenship for refugees in their host countries,  the European Union would be unlikely to oppose a unilateral status change by Israel if it were to result in “greater equity,” The US too would be unlikely to oppose such a move as it is increasingly removing itself from involvement in the conflict,

The balancing act of centralizing power sufficiently for the country to function, while observing the political identity of states’ (i.e. cantons) worked well for the US and could do so between

A  secular federation with a written constitution could provide Israelis and Palestinians the security and peace they’ve been lacking to this day, where other solutions have failed.

The risks are less daunting than continuing to live with the status quo.

Who could or would draw up the constitution so it was non – bias.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ)  the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN).

It was established in June 1945 by the Charter of the United Nations and began work in April 1946. The seat of the Court is at the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands).

Federal/Confederal Solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian Conflict: Concepts and Feasibility

Daniel J. Elazar

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