PERSPECTIVES → SECOND THOUGHTS Issue 644 · January 18, 2017

States of the Union

Imagine the year 2087 in the Middle East…,States of the Union,Imagine the year 2087 in the Middle East…

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J anuary 2017: In their final messages before leaving office President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry declared that the two-state solution is the only hope for Israel’s survival as a Jewish state.

And it came to pass in the year 2087 that after 70 years of negotiating Israel and the Arabs finally agreed to a peace agreement under the rubric “Two States for Two Peoples.”

The president of the United States an Asian-American woman with a black father and a Mexican mother invited to the White House the Israeli Prime Minister and the Chairman of the Palestinian Authority.

Out on the White House lawn the American president declared “This is a historic day. Two states for two peoples with secure and recognized borders — this is the formula for peace in our times.” The three leaders went inside to iron out a few particulars. The president opened the meeting: “Gentlemen let us now show our good will and work out the few remaining components of this historic agreement.”

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