The Commonwealth of Jerusalem
The Jerusalem Commonwealth Building Bipartisan Cooperation while Maintaining Self-Determination for Israel and Palestine Rationale This proposed model assumes that the two state solution may never materialize, and instead proposes an alternative solution: a political structure where self-governing territories for both Palestinians and Israelis are empowered to fulfill their communities’ aspirations, and where the two communities come together in a commonwealth system that carefully and deliberately balances and shares power. The aim is to replace the current military and sometimes violent sectarian conflict with a political system for sustained conflict resolution and negotiation in a bipartisan commonwealth government structured to promote cooperation and pursuing shared interests and mutual benefits, without sacrificing security. Key points in summary · A commonwealth of Israel and the West Bank with Jerusalem as the unifying and iconic capi