Noy Shalev

The public believes that political agreements will not improve the country’s security and that the establishment of a Palestinian state poses a clear threat to Israel—these are some of the conclusions drawn from two rounds of focus groups conducted by INSS. The full results are presented here

A struggle is underway for control of Area C (60 percent of the West Bank). The Palestinians are eager to control the area, which they see as essential to a contiguous and viable Palestinian state. In contrast, the Israeli government is working to push the Palestinians out of the area and prepare to annex it. Normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia is an opportunity for a change of approach in the struggle – to regulate the control over Area C and block an emerging, dangerous one-state reality

With the results of the recent Knesset elections, it appears that the idea of a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will disappear from the official Israeli agenda, even though this entails public and political oblivion to the slide toward a one-state reality. What will a one-state reality look like, and how can the risk of a bilateral state be prevented, especially given that most of the public fears this scenario and is eager to preserve Israel’s underlying values as a Jewish, democratic, and secure state?