Jan 05 2025
Israeli Palestinian Confederation Mission Statement
We believe Israelis and Palestinians must live together and in peace in a democratic equal and open society with mutual respect, freedom of expression, and freedom of religion. We believe that the historic connection of both people to the land of Israel and Palestine is an integral part of their identity and must be respected.
Our goal is to create a mutual democratic government for the people of Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. We believe that this government should be independent and separate from the Israeli and Palestinian governments. We do not wish to dismantle the Israeli or Palestinian governments but rather work in conjunction with those governments to facilitate peace and prosperity. We believe that the legitimate needs of Israelis and Palestinians would be advanced and protected by the constitution published on www.ipconfederation.org
Our position on the Two States Solution
The Two States Solution is not viable. It has been attempted numerous times resulting in substantial violence and less peace between Israelis and Palestinians, while at the same time failing to reach its intended goal.
Our position on the One State Solution
The One State Solution is not viable in light of the strong nationalistic sentiments by both the Israeli and Palestinian people and their governments.
Join our next Israeli Palestinian Zoom event
We are conducting, collaborative, interactive and thought-provoking Zoom events to explore peace between Israelis Palestinians.
Jan 19 2025
Simulation With Walid Shomaly, the Co-Founder and the Director of the Palestinian Center for Research and Cultural Dialogue-PCRD
Feb 02 2025
Simulation With Ray Hanania, an Award Winning Palestinian Americans Journalist Who Covered National and International Politics
Feb 16 2025
Simulation With Shaul Magid Professor of Jewish and Religious Studies, Professor of Jewish and Religious Studies, Dartmouth College
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January 2025
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Reflections on the March 20th simulation with professor Shibley Telhami.
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 elections to create a common government is unrealistic. The IPC agrees with Professor Telhami that…
Reflections on the March 6th simulation with professor Alon Ben Meir
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…
Reflections on the February 20th simulation with Sammy Smooha.
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…
Reflections on the February 6th simulation with Jonathan Kuttab
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…
Reflections on the January 23rd meeting with A.B Yehoshua
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. https://youtu.be/AFuLSVlv_8g