PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION 1 PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION 4 PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION Grantham University CJ 450 Understanding Terrorism Week 2 David Sims The death and life of the two –state solution The author of the articles tries to extrapolate on the chances that exist for Palestine to be declared As a state. The author quotes the exact words of the president of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu who upon his re-election promised that Palestine would not be a state. The author of the article tries to identify instances where the international community have been involved so as to solve the crisis that has present between Israel and Palestine. One of the country that has been involved actively was the United States, from the author’s account the major contribution that was made in the talks came with the Administration of George Bush. The administration had more influence on Israel and there was a possibility on the status of having the states. This was further strengthened by the singing of crucial instruments that aided in the negotiations. Most of the Palestine officials believe that the Obama administration made little contribution in the negations. When he came in office he had to do away with some of the arrangements made George Bush. This has further left nothing productive from the talks that were being spearheaded by John Kerry. The author underlines the contribution made by the great leader of Palestine Abbas. The Palestine’s have been appreciative of his efforts because it is from the 10 years that Abbas has been in power he was able to petition to the UN and Palestine was recognized as a state (Tibon, 2015). It was in his active era that Palestine was upgraded non-state observer to a non-member state which is the same position held by Vatican. The youths of Palestine opposed to the elderly leaders are more of the one state idea, they want to be recognized by Israel as its citizens. They want the freedom enjoyed by the people of Israel be granted to them. This is to allow them to have equal rights and freedom, the failure to be recognized as a state by the veto nations have killed their dream and they would want to transfer the burden to Israel. This is because Israel cannot deny them their wish since their chances of gaining independence have proven to be futile. Creating the Palestine state The author of this article revisits his previous works where he had come up with a proper idea that could have been used by the Palestine authority to make Palestine to be a state. This blueprint was to be effected wholly and it would have realized the objectives that Muhammad Abbas and the people of Palestine had. The author had two proposals in his book: reflect on what had happened in the intervening 26 years and come up with about Palestinians and where everyone should go. The .

1. PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION
1
PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION
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PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION
Grantham University
CJ 450 Understanding Terrorism Week 2
David Sims
The death and life of the two –state solution
The author of the articles tries to extrapolate on the chances
that exist for Palestine to be declared
As a state. The author quotes the exact words of the president of
Israel Benjamin Netanyahu who upon his re-election promised
that Palestine would not be a state. The author of the article
tries to identify instances where the international community
have been involved so as to solve the crisis that has present
between Israel and Palestine. One of the country that has been

2. involved actively was the United States, from the author’s
account the major contribution that was made in the talks came
with the Administration of George Bush. The administration had
more influence on Israel and there was a possibility on the
status of having the states. This was further strengthened by the
singing of crucial instruments that aided in the negotiations.
Most of the Palestine officials believe that the Obama
administration made little contribution in the negations. When
he came in office he had to do away with some of the
arrangements made George Bush. This has further left nothing
productive from the talks that were being spearheaded by John
Kerry. The author underlines the contribution made by the great
leader of Palestine Abbas. The Palestine’s have been
appreciative of his efforts because it is from the 10 years that
Abbas has been in power he was able to petition to the UN and
Palestine was recognized as a state (Tibon, 2015). It was in his
active era that Palestine was upgraded non-state observer to a
non-member state which is the same position held by Vatican.
The youths of Palestine opposed to the elderly leaders are more
of the one state idea, they want to be recognized by Israel as its
citizens. They want the freedom enjoyed by the people of Israel
be granted to them. This is to allow them to have equal rights
and freedom, the failure to be recognized as a state by the veto
nations have killed their dream and they would want to transfer
the burden to Israel. This is because Israel cannot deny them
their wish since their chances of gaining independence have
proven to be futile.
Creating the Palestine state
The author of this article revisits his previous works where he
had come up with a proper idea that could have been used by
the Palestine authority to make Palestine to be a state. This
blueprint was to be effected wholly and it would have realized
the objectives that Muhammad Abbas and the people of
Palestine had. The author had two proposals in his book: reflect
on what had happened in the intervening 26 years and come up
with about Palestinians and where everyone should go.

3. The purpose of the article that was initially written by the
author was for Palestine to make a unilateral declaration. This
in simple terms meant that Palestine should make a declaration
that would state they had obtained independence. This was to be
used as a novel strategy since the idea of a two-state solution
seemed to be falling on deaf ears. The idea was that two-nations
could not be achieved through negotiations or through the
imposition of greater powers. The plan of the author was that
Palestine should first be declared first as a state then
negotiations on the occupation of occupied Palestine territory
was to follow. The move was made on Nov 15 1998 in Algiers
where the Palestine Liberation Organization made a declaration
of independence.
The unilateral act was considered as a strategy to advance
Palestine liberation organization’s international conference
strategy and this further led to bilateral negations. The
declaration was not considered to be the only requirement of the
unilateral strategy (Creating the Palestinian State, 2014), the
proclamation of the state of Palestine was the first step. This
was not going to lead the end of the occupation and the creation
of statehood. The author had come up with three elements that
would be used to ensure that the first strategy was achieved.
The first condition was the proclamation, this was not to stop
here as it required the bringing into existence of the state. This
included the setting up of a provisional government and moving
away from the conditions of occupation. This was to ensure that
the state gained widespread recognition. Secondly, the state had
to now convince the Israeli public that this was a sea of change
from the Palestine objectives. The Palestine Liberation
Organization had to give an assurance to the Israeli public that
they were committed to live in harmony. Lastly, the state was to
create both internal and external pressure so as to end
occupational presence of Israel. This was to ensure that this was
going to be a lasting solution to peace.
There were although important unilateral steps that were to be
involved so as to make the whole thing successful. This were

4. announcing that Palestine was at peace with Israel, as part of
this they had to send an ambassador to Israel. They were to also
enact a constitution, which was to commit Palestine to
demilitarization. They had to finally enact a law which was to
expressly provide that the state was against terrorism and the
law was going to be fully implemented. The Palestine
Liberation Movement was unable to implement this thus led to
the collapse of the unilateral declaration.
Israeli-Palestine Relations: Points of No Return
The author of this article tries to identify the steps that have
been taken by Palestine to achieve the status of the state. The
Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestine National
Authority have come up with measures that tend to deal with
Israeli perpendicularly. This is to the extent of ensuring that the
two-state solution is achieved. Palestine has moved to ratify
international instruments and they recently ascended to the
Rome statute. Its purpose is to submit to the ICC on the
settlement in the occupied Palestine.
This strategy that is being employed by Palestine is to attract
international diplomacy since it has been 26 years of negations
without any solutions forthcomings and with the utterances of
President Netanyahu it seems like Palestine will not be
recognized as a state any time soon. The Palestine Authority
now feels the urge and need to ensure that fundamental freedom
and rights are granted to its people (Erekat, 2014). The thought
of having to dissolve Palestine Authority so as to join Israel is
off the table. This therefore show that the leaders are more
focused in giving the people of Palestine a state. The process of
decolonization is intense as the pressure keeps pilling of Israel,
for instance some countries in Europe and Russia have
recognized Palestine as a state.

5. Reference
Creating the Palestinian State, R. (2014). Jerome M. Segal.
Palestine- Israel Journal, 72-78.
Erekat, S. (2014). Israelini Palestinian Relations: point of no
Return. Palestine- Israel Journal.
Tibon, G. R. (2015). The Death and Life of the two-state
solution. Foreign Affairs, 78-87.
grant rumLEy is a Research Analyst at the Foundation for
Defense of Democracies.
Follow him on Twitter @GrantRumley.
amir tib on is Diplomatic Correspondent for Walla!, an Israeli
news website. Follow him
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6. Grant Rumley and Amir Tibon
On March 17, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won
reelection, thanks in part to a desperate last-minute pledge to
his right-wing base that the Palestinians would never get a
state so long as he was in power. After the election, he tried to
walk his
comments back, but Palestinian observers weren’t buying it. As
one per-
son close to the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas put it,
Netanyahu’s
reelection marked the end of an era, “the final closing of the
window
of opportunity for a negotiated solution.” The insider continued:
“Two
years ago, [U.S. Secretary of State] John Kerry told the U.S.
Congress
that in a matter of a year and a half, or two years at most, the
window
will close. He was right. It’s over.”
Compounding the Palestinians’ frustration was the recognition
that
the outcome of the election didn’t even matter much: even if

7. Netanyahu
had been dethroned, the Palestinians would still have had to rely
on
what they consider an indifferent and ineffective Obama
administra-
tion to push the stalled Middle East peace negotiations forward.
No
one in Ramallah, the de facto Palestinian capital, admits it
publicly,
but some Palestinian officials actually miss the administration
of U.S.
President George W. Bush, which seemed to have more
influence on
Israel than the current White House does. Saeb Erekat, the
Palestinians’
emissary for talks with Israel and the United States, likes to
note in
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