Who still has the luxury of believing in the two-state solution? Not the people whose families were slaughtered on October 7, nor parents with sons on the frontlines. To many of them, a Palestinian state must feel like a bizarre response to the worst atrocity in Israel’s history. But in London and Washington, the concept is back in fashion.
When the lives of your children are on the line, it is hard to make plans for after the war. Yet international support for Israel is conditional. Partly it rests on keeping civilian deaths to a minimum, which is why Hamas does its best to maximise casualties. And partly it rests on reassurances that Israel is not intending to reoccupy Gaza. For this and other reasons, the Biden administration has been pressuring Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu – whose cabinet includes several hardline