Tony Judt, New York University
'A clear, trenchant book on a topic of enormous importance ... Overall this is a courageous plunge into boiling waters.'
Gary Sussman, Tel Aviv University
'... a pioneering text ... [A]s such it will take pride of place in a brewing debate.'
Product Description
The one-state solution demonstrates that Israeli settlements have already encroached on the occupied territory of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the extent that any Palestinian state in those areas is unviable. It reveals the irreversible impact of Israel's settlement grid by summarising its physical, demographic, financial and political dimensions. Virginia Q.Tilley explains why we should assume that this grid will not be withdrawn - or its expansion reversed - by reviewing the role of the key political actors: the Israeli government, the United States, the Arab states, and the European Union. Finally the book addresses the daunting obstacles to a one-state solution - including major revision of the Zionist dream but also Palestinian and other regional resistance - and offers some ideas about how these obstacles might be addressed.
About the Author
Virginia Q. Tilley is Associate Professor of Political Science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in the USA
