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...Netanyahu, after taking office, came around to talking of a two-state solution, which he had previously rejected, but at the same time he defined Palestinian statehood in terms too limited to be acceptable to the Palestinian leadership. Netanyahu had publicly opposed the offers made to the Palestinians by previous Israeli governments, and his government made clear last week that new talks would not begin from understandings reached with any of his predecessors but would instead start from scratch - a position vehemently rejected by the Palestinians. Of course, none of those previous offers had been accepted by the Palestinian leadership...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israelis and Palestinians: Agreeing to Talk, and to Fail | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

...career at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. The Palestinian Authority had been sundered by the Hamas coup in Gaza; Fayyad - a technocrat's technocrat - freely admits that governance in the West Bank had long been marked by corruption and ineptitude. "The only way to gain Palestinian statehood," Fayyad says, "was to start building the institutions of a credible state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Renewal in the West Bank: A Little Noticed Success | 2/25/2010 | See Source »

...plans to restart Israeli-Palestinian talks on a two-year deadline for the creation of a Palestinian state. That time frame was immediately dismissed as unrealistic by Israel's Foreign Minister. Skeptics might remember that President George W. Bush's 2002 road map to peace envisaged Palestinian statehood and an end to the conflict...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Mideast Peace Talks: Back to the Treadmill? | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

...Andhra Pradhesh's 23 that comprise Telangana, including the influential high-tech capital of Hyderabad, seemed to force New Delhi's hand. But it could open a whole series of controversies for the Indian government as many other regional movements have now stepped up their own demands for statehood. (See a story about the death that may have precipitated the Andhra Pradesh controversy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Rule India: Break It Into More Pieces? | 12/13/2009 | See Source »

...even as the Israelis focus on the perceived threat from Iran, time is rapidly running out for a two-state solution to the conflict with the Palestinians. Frustrations are running high among Palestinians, who have watched two decades of negotiation with the Israelis bring them no closer to statehood. A latticework of Israeli security zones and settlements makes nonsense of the territorial integrity of the West Bank, while a ring of Israeli-controlled space is forming around East Jerusalem, without control of which no Palestinian or Arab leader will be able to accept any peace agreement. Not surprisingly, then, Palestinian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Protests Mount Against Israel's Settlement Freeze | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

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