Two State Solution

Palestinians never stop conceding, for nothing in return [Book Review]

by Sam Bahour | June 30, 2022 | Books, Writings

Jerome M. Segal’s book has one main goal, which is to highlight the 1988 Palestinian Declaration of Independence as a lost inflection point: a rare, pivotal moment that the US, Israel, and even the Palestinian leadership who issued it, could have seized (but did not) to advance Palestinian statehood and peace between Palestinians and Israelis. “If it seems odd that a Jew should offer his thoughts on how Palestinians can be successful in their struggle, let me only add that the struggle for an independent Palestinian state is also the struggle for a humane and safe Israel, and that there can be no Judaism without a commitment to Justice.”

NYT: Want Israeli-Palestinian Peace? Try Confederation (By Bernard Avishai and Sam Bahour)

by Sam Bahour, Bernard Avishai | February 13, 2021 | Sam in the Press, Writings

Understanding American Jewish Philanthropy [Book Review]

by Sam Bahour | October 20, 2020 | Books, Writings

Fundraise long enough and you start to learn that it is an industry, like most other domains, but very few people have the wherewithal and persistence to dig deep into the black box of how the mechanics of fundraising developed and exists in today’s world. Professor and Author Lila Corwin Berman clearly does not fit that description and her book is a fascinating read.

Huffington Post: The Two-State Solution’s Silver Bullet

by Sam Bahour | January 14, 2017 | Writings

Huffington Post: A speech on Palestine-Israel awaiting President Obama

by Sam Bahour | December 30, 2016 | Writings

‘The Two-State Delusion,’ a well-researched but mistitled saga of a failed peace process [Book Review]

by Sam Bahour | December 3, 2016 | Books, Writings

University of Massachusetts Boston professor Padraig O’Malley’s The Two-State Delusion’s title suggests that there is something paradoxical in persevering with a proposed solution of two states, Israel and Palestine, as a way forward; the thrust of the historical accounts and the arguments made, however, are actually geared more toward convincing the reader that what failed is the process rather than the two-state paradigm itself, which has never yet been tested. A more accurate title would have been “Eulogy for a U.S.-Monopolized Peace Process.”