Over the last thirty years, the driving concept of Israel-Palestine peacemaking has been a two-state solution based on a hard territorial partition. Recently, however, a growing number of Israelis and Palestinians have been exploring an innovative, EU-like confederal arrangement as a way to overcome the obstacles that have tripped up diplomacy in the past. Ron Skolnik will discuss these confederation-oriented initiatives, including “A Land for All: Two States One Homeland” and “The Holy Land Confederation”, comparing and contrasting them with the traditional two-state approach.

Ron Skolnik is a political consultant, columnist, speaker, and Hebrew-English translator. He most recently served as the director of Americans Friends of A Land for All, the North American ally of the Israeli-Palestinian movement, A Land for All: Two States One Homeland, which advocates for an Israel-Palestine confederation. He previously served as political advisor to the British Embassy in Israel, researching and reporting on the country’s political trends, and as executive director of Partners for Progressive Israel in the U.S. After growing up in the States, Ron lived in Israel over 25 years, earning his BA in history from Haifa University and MA in Diplomatic and Military History from Tel Aviv University. His political commentary has appeared in Haaretz, the Forward, Tikkun, Palestine-Israel Journal, the Times of Israel, Al-Monitor, and Jewish Currents, and he has been interviewed on various news outlets, including the BBC, Al Jazeera TV, and the Jewish Broadcasting Service.

This virtual program will last for 1.5 hours with time for both presentation and engagement. Register to receive Zoom link/passcode.