Former Palestinian Fatah Leader Says Israel Has Killed The Two-State Solution

JAKARTA - The Palestinians must realize that a two-state solution is no longer to be expected and is basically dead, says the exiled former leader of the Fatah Group.

"Violent against the steps taken by Israel over the last thirty years, especially with the expansion of settlements in the West Bank, because there are no more contiguous lands on which a viable Palestinian state can be established," Mohammed Dahlan, former Fatah leader told Sky. News Arabia as quoting The National News March 2.

"The Israeli government has more or less killed the idea of ​​a two-state solution. So we, the Palestinians, cling to the idea of ​​a two-state solution as if we were holding on to an illusion," he continued.

Dahlan said Israel was suffering from threats from within its own government and its right-wing leadership was currently "declaring war" on the legal values ​​on which the country was built.

"The current government interferes in the affairs of the army, judiciary, and in all state institutions, which causes a constant movement of resistance in Israeli society, which has been divided because of these internal problems," he explained.

"However, my responsibility to the Palestinian people has made me demand that Palestinian officials stop pursuing the illusion of a two-state solution, after Israel has practically destroyed it," said Dahlan.

"Therefore, we must not waste time and demand a one-state solution for two people with equal rights, and let Israel face its responsibilities as a government," he said.

Dahlan urged Palestine to unite the West Bank and Gaza under one Palestinian leadership, and immediately hold presidential and parliamentary elections.

It is known that Dahlan was the head of Gaza security for the Fatah Party which supports Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

"Without (elections), no development can take place in the political process," he said.