The separation wall in Bethlehem Picture by Michele Benericetti / Flickr.com. Some rights reserved (CC BY-ND 2.0).
“The people of Palestine have lived through half a century of occupation, and they have heard half a century of statements condemning it. But life hasn’t meaningfully changed. Children have become grandparents. But life hasn’t changed.” (UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, 27 January 2016)
On the eve of the Israeli election on 17 March 2015, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated unequivocally that, if he were returned to power, a Palestinian state would not be established.
