Publication

This paper addresses the continued expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and prospect for peace in the region. The author argues that the expansion seems to have finally locked in the permanence of Israel’s colonial project. Yet a last hope remains that outside intervention may reverse the settlement enterprise and help achieve a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. And since the US is no longer the likely agent of that intervention, it is up to the Europeans and to the Palestinians themselves to fashion the path to self determination in the occupied territories. Essential to the success of these efforts is setting aright the chronic imbalance of power between Israel and the Palestinians.