There is another possibility. Robert Wright, in today's NY Times, http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/a-one-to-two-state-solution/?ref=opinion,
claims that another solution is to give the Palestinians voting rights in Israel. Since they are under Israeli rule, and Israel is a democracy, they should have the right to vote. That will scare the Israeli moderates and secularists out of their complacency and force Israel to seriously negotiate a two state solution, since giving Palestinians the right to vote would vote Israel as a Jewish state out of existence, and create a secular, democratic state where ultimately, Jews would be a minority. He states that Abbas and the leaders of the Palestinians would not accept this, because it would mean they would no longer be in positions of power. And we all now the goal of politicians is to obtain and retain power.
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