{"id":433,"date":"2013-09-15T16:59:24","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T16:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drbrettdenkin.com\/blog\/?p=433"},"modified":"2013-09-15T16:59:24","modified_gmt":"2013-09-15T16:59:24","slug":"an-article-in-the-sunday-review-of-the-new-york-times-worth-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drbrettdenkin.com\/blog\/an-article-in-the-sunday-review-of-the-new-york-times-worth-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"An article in the Sunday Review of The New York Times worth reading!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drbrettdenkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/two-state-illusion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-434\" alt=\"Two-State Illusion\" src=\"http:\/\/www.drbrettdenkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/two-state-illusion-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ian Lustick, a U-Penn political science professor and Middle East expert since 1980, argues intelligently that a two-state solution to the mess in Israel between Palestinians and Jews is not only an illusion but its continued belief is causing harm to the piece process itself. He outlines why self-interest propels each party to continue to propose a solution that will never occur and has long lost it&#8217;s viability. For instance, professor Lustick suggests that the Palestinian Authority &#8220;needs it&#8217;s people to believe progress is being made toward a two-state solution so it can continue to get the economic aid and diplomatic support that subsidize the <a title=\"Life Coach\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drbrettdenkin.com\/life-coach\/\">lifestyle<\/a> of its leaders, the jobs of tens of thousands of soldiers, spies, police officers, civil servants, and the authority&#8217;s prominence in a Palestinian society that views it as corrupt and incompetent.&#8221; He goes on to outline American, Israeli, and &#8220;peace process&#8221; industry motives as well before discussing more realistic solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ian Lustick, a U-Penn political science professor and Middle East expert since 1980, argues intelligently that a two-state solution to the mess in Israel between Palestinians and Jews is not only an illusion but its continued belief is causing harm &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drbrettdenkin.com\/blog\/an-article-in-the-sunday-review-of-the-new-york-times-worth-reading\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[219,217,221,220,218],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.10 - 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