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Jeremy Pressman is a Professor of Political Science and Director of Middle East Studies at the University of Connecticut. His most recent book is The Sword Is Not Enough: Arabs, Israelis, and the Limits of Military Force (Manchester University Press). In 2022–23, Pressman is a non-resident fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.
They might, given growing disaffection with Israel among young American Jews.
For a two-state solution to succeed, Israeli Jews must first forswear their righteous narrative of moral superiority.
Despite large obstacles, Obama is right to push the two-state solution.
Without Oslo, Israelis and Palestinians would not have been as committed to a two-state solution as they are today.
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