“Free Palestine” inscription on the separation wall built by Israel in Bethlehem, April 16, 2011. (Credit: Montecruz Foto)
After two years of devastating war in Gaza, with repeated calls to evacuation and resettlement in the coastal enclave, and amid the acceleration of West Bank annexation that part of the Israeli government seeks to formalize, prospects for peace appear increasingly bleak. Washington has remained silent in the face of Israel’s determination to block any chance of a Palestinian state.Against this backdrop, a conference on the two-state solution, co-hosted by France and Saudi Arabia, was held in New York on Monday. On this occasion, L’Orient-Le Jour spoke with Hussein Agha about the two-state solution.Aligned with the positions of Fatah and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the Lebanese academic joined the peace process on the Palestinian side in the 1970s, engaging with Israelis at Oxford while pursuing his doctorate.Agha later...
After two years of devastating war in Gaza, with repeated calls to evacuation and resettlement in the coastal enclave, and amid the acceleration of West Bank annexation that part of the Israeli government seeks to formalize, prospects for peace appear increasingly bleak. Washington has remained silent in the face of Israel’s determination to block any chance of a Palestinian state.Against this backdrop, a conference on the two-state solution, co-hosted by France and Saudi Arabia, was held in New York on Monday. On this occasion, L’Orient-Le Jour spoke with Hussein Agha about the two-state solution.Aligned with the positions of Fatah and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the Lebanese academic joined the peace process on the Palestinian side in the 1970s, engaging with Israelis at Oxford while pursuing his doctorate.Agha...