To the editor:
Reading the editorial "Israel digs a grave for the two-state solution," one would never know that the Palestinian Arabs have repeatedly rejected it and the so-called but hardly "moderate" PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas had adamantly rejected the very concept of two states for two peoples.
I find it absurd that The New York Times criticizes the Israeli Knesset for determining a hypothetical peace agreement giving away portions of Israel's capital would need to satisfy the same provision the United States Constitution requires for every treaty.
But most absurd is the assertion that "the so-called two-state solution that offers what tiny chance there is for a peace settlement." Certainly, there is no hope for peace without a fundamental change in Palestinian Arab society, but peace will also require minds that are not closed to creative alternatives to the mindless "two-state solution" mantra.
Sincerely,
Alan Stein