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MESJ held a seminar titled "Prospects of Political Settlement and Two-state Solution upon Re-election of Israeli Right". It sought to answer two major questions. First, in the light of its stands on political settlement and the two-state solution what are the challenges imposed by the rise of the Israeli right in the last Knesset elections on the Palestinian, Jordanian and Arab positions? Second, are there Palestinian, Jordanian or Arab options to counter the challenge of the "failure" of the two-state solution on which the Arab official policies are based in their approach to the Arab-Israeli conflict? The seminar concluded that the results of the 20th Knesset elections were similar to the first two decades of the emergence of Israel, which were dominated by the Likud. That does not mean the party with the majority of seats, but the one capable of forming the government. Furthermore, the election has strengthened the so-called New Right, which is distinct from the old one by emphasizing the ‘religionization’ of the political discourse. It is penetrated by religious concepts, though it was one day liberal and nationalist; today it is ideological, religious and nationalist. In other words, the Likud now is not very different from the Zionist, religious Jewish House party. Concerning the future of the political settlement, the seminar concluded that the problem in the current situation was neither worrying nor costly to Israel. The current lack of price makes the Israeli right in a state of ideological wellbeing and political convenience. It does not make sense to say that Netanyahu may move towards the establishment of a Palestinian entity in the West Bank under these facts, especially as there are supporters of his discourse without electing him. Therefore, Netanyahu is expected to keep the status quo under the pretext of the Arab regional realities and the absence of political cost.
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