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Apr 17, 2024, 1:34 AM

The Two-Legislature Solution – Why Will It Work?

To paraphrase Arthur Conan Doyle’s ubiquitous character, Sherlock Holmes, “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the solution.” In previous posts I have explained why the main peace proposals put forward in the past...

Apr 10, 2024, 10:21 AM

The Two-Legislature Solution – But Is There Room?

One person who commented felt that the Two-Legislature Solution is a great idea but said that it would be impossible to allow all of the Palestinian refugees to return to the pre-1967 boundaries of Israel because Israel is a...

Apr 2, 2024, 7:28 AM

The Two-Legislature Solution – How Would it Work?

One person who commented on a previous post suggested that the Two-Legislature Solution would result in a government similar to that of Lebanon which resulted in civil war and on-going strife. This is not correct. In Lebanon various existing...

Mar 27, 2024, 11:42 AM

The two-legislature solution: What do ‘they’ want?

In previous posts I have compared the viability of the main Israel-Palestine peace proposals. I have purposely not included proposals that are based on the expulsion or annihilation of one of the two main ethnicities involved as I do...

Mar 19, 2024, 3:18 AM

The Two-Legislature Solution vs. Federation

From my previous posts we can see that a One Binational State cannot guarantee Jewish security if Jews become a minority in Israel; a Two-State Solution does not solve the problem of two peoples yearning to live within the...

Mar 14, 2024, 12:37 AM

The Two-Legislature Solution vs. Confederation

One solution to the problems of unequal treatment of Jews and Palestinians within the whole of the territory currently controlled by Israel and the potential minority position of Jews in a democratic Israel is confederation. The Oxford English Dictionary...

Mar 7, 2024, 11:36 AM

The Two-Legislature Solution vs. The Two State Solution

First and foremost, I want to say that I hope and pray that all of the parties involved in negotiating peace in the Middle East can bring about a Two State Solution that results in sustained peaceful relations not...

Feb 24, 2024, 10:22 AM

The Two-Legislature Solution vs. One Binational State

Some have pointed out that the Two-Legislature Solution looks awfully like a One Binational State Solution. It is. And it isn’t. The founders of Israel were the first to propose a single, binational state in the Israeli Declaration of Independence...

Feb 20, 2024, 12:21 AM

The Two-Legislature Solution – A Little Background

The purpose of this Blog and all of its posts will be to explore the idea of the Two-Legislature Solution. I encourage and appreciate comments and discussion and will try to explain how this alternative is like and unlike...

Feb 16, 2024, 1:37 AM

The Two-Legislature Solution (Short Version)

Can a power sharing arrangement that has lasted for over 600 years work for Israel-Palestine? It has been said that the only way for Israel to remain both democratic and Jewish is to partition the land into two states and...

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About Me

Mr. Ashley is a Mining Engineer with 36 years of experience in the mining industry. He holds a B.S. in Mining Engineering, an M.S. in Mining Engineering (Geostatistics), and an MBA. He is also a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Nevada (Retired). He has worked on evaluation and development of more than 50 mining projects located in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Morocco, Norway, Peru, Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Suriname, Thailand and the USA, involving commodities as diverse as aluminum (including bauxite and alumina), coal, copper, diamonds, gold, iron ore, kaolin, lignite, nickel, oil shale, potash, silver, uranium and zinc. Since his retirement he has dedicated his life to supporting causes that promote sustainable peace and development for all and working within his community to support democracy and good government doing such things as working on the Civil Grand Jury in his County and working as a Poll Worker and Trainer of Poll Workers.