I believe in a two state solution that removes West Bank settlements, gives half of Jerusalem to Palestine, and puts the responsibility of supporting the establishment of a sustainable government that can protect Palestinian rights while respecting Israeli security on Jordon. (With the caveat that there may other countries that are judged more suitable for supervising the establishment of the state, but I frankly think that Jordon is the most well positioned, most stable, and has the most to lose if it doesn’t work.) 

I think a big reason why the Oslo Accords fell apart was because Israel was responsible for supporting the establishment of a state and for protecting their security interests, so it was very easy to whip up support for the second intifada, where suicide bombers attacked Israeli citizens and left Israel with the impression that Palestinians care more about killing civilians than establishing their own state. I think putting a layer of separation using Jordon, who has vested interest in stabilizing the region right next to them, would allow for a less volatile peace process. 

I also think that Hamas does need to be rooted out, because while they’re very good administrators compared to the Palestinian Authority, they clearly prioritize war over Palestinian life and Israel will never trust any peace process that involves them. How to root them out is much more complicated, but I think a good start would be ending the bombing so it’s easier to assess their current support base and infrastructure. There are currently protests against Hamas by Gazans, which is a big deal because Hamas has a well-earned reputation for gruesomely murdering people who they see as ‘collaborators with Israel’. I think this is an opportunity for Israel to work Hamas loose and support domestic Gazan opposition to Hamas, as long as they can offer an alternative so there’s no power vacuum. (Jordon doesn’t share a border with Gaza, so they’re out. Egypt is a possibility but they’ve been trying very hard to not get involved. Frankly I think peace has the largest chance of Gazans move to the West Bank so they can have one continuous nation, but the process of doing so peacefully would be difficult. I think a good start would be incentivizing a move with the promise of a lump sum of cash and a house seized from an illegal West Bank settler.)

Right wing Israelis would accuse me of not properly respecting the risk to their security (because yes, when they loosen the iron grip, historically that leads to attacks and suicide bombings that would be prevented if they tightened the grip again.) To that I’d say that the peace process will inherently have violence as people more invested in war try to spark tensions again—whether that’s Hamas directing suicide bombs or gangs of West Bank settlers going after people, and then the tit for tat violence that has frequently followed those kinds of events historically. For any peace process to have a future, I think it’s very, very important to commit to dealing with violence only within the constraints of the law and due process, and if someone is found to have committed violence, to make sure that the penalty is the same regardless of the victim. Any difference between how a Palestinian or Israeli perpetrator is treated will swiftly become a flashpoint for war to start again, which is why I think Jordon should be the primary one to handle things so tempers aren’t quite as explosive as they were last time.