Is the two-state solution for Israel, Palestine dead? Maybe. But what's the alternative?
WASHINGTON — The intractable conflict between Israelis and Palestinians over land, rights and safety has entered a new phase, one plumbing new depths of hatred and radical intransigence that the U.S. government no longer seems in a position to resolve or even mitigate.
Now, an increasing number of experts are sounding the death knell for the two-state solution.
Dennis Ross, the former special envoy who has negotiated Middle East peace issues for both Republican and Democratic presidential administrations, says Israelis and Palestinians have reached "the lowest ebb" he has ever seen.
"There's a complete loss of hope on both sides," Ross recently told a television interviewer.
Three of the administration's most senior officials — Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, CIA Director William Burns and White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan — in recent days in a bid to deescalate rising violence and
