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Regarding the "2 state solution". Although I can't cite any references at the moment, I have previously read about the textbooks used in West Bank and (presumably Gaza) schools in which pupils are taught that the only acceptable future for the Palestinian people is one in which the entirety of what is usually recognized as Palestine is returned to the Palestinian people. Whether there would be a place in such a future for Jews is not clear. The absolute impossibility of Palestinians, as a people, tolerating any sort of Jewish state recognized by treaty is why the Camp David talks failed.

Although I am at a loss to cite any sources, it has always been my impression that more "liberal" Israelis e.g. members of Shalom Akhshav favored some sort of 2-state solution, the problem being that those people were probably delusional about how Palestinians in exile would all be accommodated on their return, but with half or less the territory from which they were exiled. But the short answer, as I see it, would be that some Israelis at least would theoretically give up some land for peace, but Palestinians (not counting a few outliers) would never accept anything less than a "from the river to the sea" vision of a future sovereign Palestine.

Luckily for you, I have neither the time nor the inclination to do the research I would need to prove any of this, so I suppose you win your argument by default.

I will say that I don't think the average Israeli has any sort of grand plan in mind regarding the future of Palestinians. In the past, the sort of people that seize land on the West Bank to establish settlements have had an ideology that says all non-Jews must be transferred out, but my impression is that the average Israeli just wants to get on with his life, but has never been totally cool with the fact that people living a few kilometers away from him think it perfectly OK to shoot missiles at his neighborhood.

From 2021:

Sorry, I was confusing Oslo with Camp David. I meant Oslo.

OK this is how I remember the situation. My memory may be faulty.

At one point during the Oslo process, Abu Amar (Yasser Arafat) and Bill Clinton decided to meet in private, with just a few trusted aides, to hammer out a peace proposal. I recall this as having taken place at Camp David, hence the confusion. The actual Camp David agreement involving Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat rarely crosses my mind.

The way I remember it, Clinton and Arafat worked out some sort of blueprint, obviously a 2 state solution. When Arafat took that back to his governing council, or whoever it was he had to sell it to back home in Ramallah, it was rejected because they could never agree to a treaty that officially recognized a Jewish state.

Perhaps a false memory, but that's how I remember it.