Political solutions among Palestinian university students: different models and conceptions

Abstract

Once a baseline resolution to the question of Palestine, the two-state solution has become contested after decades of failed negotiation and renewed support for a one-state solution. This study measures Palestinian university students’ understandings of these different solutions through a representative survey. Results indicate that despite being unconvinced by it, the majority of respondents prefer a two-state solution, although their conception of its specificities differs to that of the Palestinian Authority. Most respondents held unclear ideas of the meaning of the one-state solution. Finally, a model based on analysis of this data explains the reasons and circumstances behind students’ preferences.

Keywords:

• Palestine
• Israel
• peace process
• one-state
• two-state
• students

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Fathi Nemer

Fathi Nemer, b. 1988, has a Master’s in Political Science (Universität Heidelberg, 2016) and is a Teaching Fellow (MA-level Teaching and Research Assistant) in the Democracy and Human Rights programme, Birzeit University (2017–). Nemer’s current main interest is in decolonisation and discursive resistance.