Reply #29: That's pretty easy

[Chulanowa]

Safety. A single-state solution is the best chance Israel has to be safe. Please take a look at the West Bank and Gaza. These places cannot sustain themselves. They do not have the ecological resources to maintain their current populations for long - Gaza has almost no resources to speak of, while at least the West Bank has a source of water - though how long that lasts with a growing population in all three states drawing off the Sea of Galilee and Jordan River is debatable.

An independent Palestine would fail - and it was designed to fail (refer to the UN partition plan maps to see the evidence of this). Israel would still be flanked by impoverished people who I think will still be really unhappy with their neighbor. For its part, Israel will probably end up bringing violence to the border to keep illegal immigrants out. In short, an independent Palestine results in a failed Arab state and a continuation of the violence between the two parties.

A single-state solution would start off rocky, and jump-starting discussion of it - since the leaderships of both parties have had the two-state solution hammered into their heads since they were young men - will be difficult as well. But in the long run it's the best way for Israelis to see peace and for Palestinians to see prosperity.