Israel has several institutions like other democracies: Elections, a parliament, a government, and a Supreme Court. But they do not function as independent or equal branches of governments and lack transparency. First, Israel does not have a constitution and is unable to draft one given its desire to give Jews priority. A “Jewish State” contradicts…
Full recording below. The IPC is proposing the creation of a common government for the people in Israel, the West Bank, Gaza, and Jerusalem. Professor Quigley questioned the creation of such government without including the Palestinian refugees outside the area. The IPC parliament voted to ratify a constitution, give veto power to the government of…
Below is the recording of the simulation. Mona Ali Khalil believes in the right of self-determination of the Palestinian people and Israeli people. She welcomes the IPC constitution’s vision of two peoples with equal rights working together in a confederation which can guide the Israeli State and the Palestinian State towards peace, justice, dignity and…
Full recording below. Professor Shibley Telhami supports two states. He believes that the creation of a common government for the people of Israel and Palestine as was proposed in the simulation is unrealistic. He argued that the IPC constitution mistakenly assumes symmetry between the Israeli government and the Palestinian authority. He also believes that Online…
Full recording below. Alon Ben-Meir just published his paper “The Case for an Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation, Why Now and How?”. He argues that the Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian sides will have to collaborate fully and permanently to create a Confederation. He does not advocate for the creation of a common government for the people of Israel…
Full recording below. Professor Smooha personally supports the concepts of an Israeli Palestinian Confederation in the format presented but insisted that it can only come about after the creation of Two States. The IPC parliament passed the following: An Israeli Palestinian Confederation constitution, granting veto power to the Israeli and Palestinian governments over issues relating…
Full recording below. We expanded to include Arabic interpretation. Jonathan Kuttab is a Palestinian human rights lawyer supporting One State. He felt that the IPC formula is not “good enough”. The IPC’s response is Winston Churchill’s statement that “perfection is the Enemy of progress”. The IPC parliament passed a Constitution, gave the Israeli and…
Full recording below. A.B Yehoshua spoke about his Haaretz article “Time to Say Goodbye to the Two-state Solution. Here’s the Alternative” in which he advocated One State. He laid out his plan which excluded Gaza.
Full Recording of the simulation is below. Gadi Baltiansky served as Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s spokesperson. He is now the Israeli Director of the “Geneva Initiative” which supports a Two State Solution. Mr. Baltiansky congratulated the IPC for its vision. He did not object to the IPC constitution. He believes that an agreement for Two…
The IPC invites speakers to present their views on our formula for peace. We strive to include people who represent diverse points of views to Stress Test the formula. Richard Falk an international lawyer and U.N investigator canceled his scheduled appearance for December 27th. He wrote an explanation and authorized its publication: Dear Josef Avesar:…