Kurtzer's Co-Curricular Analysis

The Co-Curricular I attended was a presentation given by Professor Daniel Kurtzer on the possibility of Israeli Palestinian peace. Despite a lifetime working to bring peace to the middle east with no definitive solution passing, Professor Kurtzer still remains optimistic about the chances of peace between Palestine and Israel. That’s not to say he did not acknowledge the difficulties that exist in solving the middle east crisis. Destabilization has existed within the middle east for decades, and hostility between Israel and the Arabic nations has always prevented real solutions of peace. Further detriments to peace between these two nations comes from mutual distrust and suffering at the other’s hands. Palestine has been occupied by what they …show more content…
The rise in non-state interference in the region has also made solving the issue more complicated. Non-government groups such as Hamas and oil corporations interfere in the peacemaking process, especially as nations themselves remain week and unsure in the region. Professor Kurtzer said that these issues made peace difficult, but not impossible, and that a sustained and intelligent approach from the United States and the two nations could yield results, but only if they work on the correct solution. To Kurtzer it is clear that there is only one viable solution, that of an independent Israeli and Palestinian state, commonly known as the two-state solution. No other viable solutions of risen among the state department or scholars, even among Kurtzer’s own students. Leaving control of Palestine to Israel or anything less than a two-state solution wouldn’t work, and violence and fighting would continue. The options are a two-state solution, which will require compromise on both ends, and peace, or continued violence and instability in the