Germany's Choice: Balanced Injustice or Bias Toward International Law

The two-state solution is essentially about creating and recognizing a Palestinian state because the other state, Israel, has already been established and recognized. Therefore, any effort to resolve the conflict starts with recognition of Palestinian rights and of the State of Palestine, pure and simple. Yet the international community at large--Germany included--has not done anything of consequence to censure Israel for its illegal acts that jeopardize--some say kill--the two-state solution. In particular, when all states, with the mentioned few exceptions, agree that the cessation of the illegal Israeli settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories is the only telling signal that Israel indeed seeks a peace settlement as opposed to expansion, they have done nothing to stop Israel from its violations of international law. Leading the efforts to bring peace to the Middle East need not be about challenging the US, which is hopelessly biased and unqualified and is geographically far away, except for its military presence in the region.