Israel-Palestine: Direct Negotiations, the Status Quo, and Direct Pressure on Israel Considered

An honest and insightful Israeli perspective on the inevitable failure of current efforts to promote an Israeli-Palestinian settlement through a diplomatic process, in three parts.

Part one: why direct negotiations are a way to prolong the conflict:

http://972mag.com/direct-negotiations-the-recipe-for-prolonging-the-occupation/35308/

Part two: the desirable option from an Israeli perspective is the status quo, not the two-state solution. 

http://972mag.com/one-or-two-states-the-status-quo-is-israels-rational-third-choice/39169/

Part three: no way around direct pressure on Israel

http://972mag.com/ending-the-occupation-no-way-around-direct-pressure-on-israel/40025/