Developing an Israeli Grand Strategy toward a Peaceful Two-State Solution - page 3

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October, 2016
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ISBN Number:
978-965-92408-5-2
Scientific Editing:
Dr. Yair Hirschfeld
Translation:
Ruchie Avital, Mor Ilan
Copy Editing:
Judith Stelmach, Esti Ofer
This publication was made
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Stiftung, Israel. We thank
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appreciation to Ms. Judith
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project manager at FES
Israel, for her involvement,
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Werner Puschra....................................................................................................................................................... 2
Introductory Note
Yair Hirschfeld............................................................................................................................................................ 3
Creating the Enabling Conditions for Reaching an Israel-
Palestine Two-State Solution
Yair Hirschfeld............................................................................................................................................................ 6
Factors that Help / Enable Progress towards a Two-State
Solution – The Security Area
Ron Shatzberg........................................................................................................................................................... 22
Economic Enabling Conditions towards Sustainable
Palestinian State-Building
Anat Kaufmann and Baruch Spiegel....................................................................................... 30
What can Israel’s Arab-Palestinian Citizens Contribute to the
Middle East?
Kamal Ali-Hassan.................................................................................................................................................. 40
Spoilers on the Way to a Two-State Solution
Yossi Hen........................................................................................................................................................................... 58
Heshbon Nefesh: Civil Society Seeking a Two-State Majority
Ned Lazarus.................................................................................................................................................................. 82
The National-Religious Public and the Prospects of Peace with
the Palestinians – Between Scuttling and Leading
Roie Ravitzky................................................................................................................................................................ 98
About the Authors.............................................................................................................................................105