Binational solution

Binational solution is a term most often used in reference to a proposed resolution of the long-running Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It is also known as the One-State Solution, as opposed to the Two-State Solution.

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Israeli-Palestinian conflict - Two-State Solution

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Proponents of a binational solution to the conflict advocate a common state in historic Palestine shared between Jewish and Arab populations. All of the West Bank and Gaza Strip would be annexed to Israel, with their Palestinian Arab inhabitants given citizenship and an equal status to the Jewish and Arab citizens of present-day Israel. The new state would have a secular character rather than being dominated by Judaism or Islam.

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Palestine - Jew - Arab - West Bank - Gaza Strip - Israel - Palestinian - Judaism - Islam

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The idea is, as with virtually every other aspect of the conflict, immensely controversial. It has been around for decades with relatively little impact, but in 2003 the potential for a near-term majority Arab population and a minority population of Israeli Jews in Israel-Palestine brought the binational proposition back to centre stage.

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