As Israel debates plans to annex land the Palestinians envisage for a future state, hopes for a shared future with two states co-existing side by side seem to be slipping further away.
Yossi Beilin, then a member of the Israeli Parliament, speaks to the media after meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah in 2007.In that situation, it would become difficult to deny Palestinians Israeli citizenship without Israel's being accused of creating an apartheid state and jeopardizing the Jewish majority in Israel.
By contrast, Shaath said the Palestinians would accept a democratic, secular state for Jews, Christians and Muslims. "It will make what remains of Palestine totally incapable of developing an economy and developing a unified society, building the institution of the state," he said.Together, they have watched as the prospect of peace has slowly faded.
What's more, he added, while it would be difficult, it is not impossible for lawmakers to reverse a decision to extend Israeli sovereignty over land in the West Bank if 80 out of 120 agree in Israel's parliament, the Knesset.
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