The idea that there exists an ongoing effort to achieve a “two-state solution” in Israel and Palestine - often referred to as The Middle East Peace Process™ - is uniformly taken for granted by American media. This "two-state solution" is always at different stages of viability, yet never quite works out. Presidents fail to achieve it; Palestinian violence makes it "more difficult"; Israeli settlements are "unhelpful" to it.

Transcript: https://medium.com/@CitationsPodcst/episode-28-the-asymptotic-two-state-solution-part-i-e13e795ebc9d

But how honest is this effort? How are nonstop obituaries for a phantom "process" helping to maintain the status quo, or worse? How much does this infinitely regressive effort deliberately mask an ongoing and active policy of ethnic cleansing by the Israelis in the West Bank and Gaza? 

In Part I of this two-part episode, we discuss this "two-state" racket with Professor Noura Erakat.

(Post image by Hamde Abu Rahma)

Episode 28: The Asymptotic 'Two State Solution' (Part I)

Citations Needed is a podcast about the media, power, PR, and the history of bullshit. It is hosted by Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson, and produced by Florence Barrau-Adams.

Episode 28: The Asymptotic 'Two State Solution' (Part I)

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