Western Interests, Israeli Unilateralism, and the Two-State Solution Author(s): Neve Gordon, Yinon Cohen Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 41, No. 3 (Spring 2012), pp. 6-18 Published by: University of California Press on behalf of the Institute for Palestine Studies Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/jps.2012.XLI.3.6 . Accessed: 09/07/2012 02:01 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. University of California Press and Institute for Palestine Studies are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Journal of Palestine Studies. http://www.jstor.org Western Interests, IsraelI UnIlateralIsm, and the tWo-state solUtIon Neve GordoN aNd YiNoN CoheN This essay analyzes the impact of Israeli unilateralism—specifically that of its settlement project—on the two-state solution. After explor- ing the relationship between unilateralism and power, the authors show, inter alia, that in-migration has accounted for about half the settlement growth since the international embrace of the land-for- peace formula in 1991, that the level of in-migration does not fluc- tuate according to government composition (right or left), and that Israeli-Palestinian negotiations have spurred rather than inhibited settlement expansion.