Beyond ruin – One state, liberation, and the grim work of reconciliation in Palestine

The one-state solution for Palestine has been spoken of for decades—sometimes as a moral ideal, sometimes as a technocratic fix, and at other times as a convenient abstraction that avoids confronting the brute realities of settler colonialism. Today, after 7 October 2023, and the ensuing genocide in Gaza, the idea of “one state” can no longer be discussed in the language of coexistence, balance, or liberal optimism. It must be confronted as a post-catastrophe political project, one that emerges not from symmetry but from liberation, accountability, and historical repair. The clarity and questions raised by Lara Kilani’s astute essay, “Liberation Is Not Integration: On liberal Zionism, one-state fantasies, and what Palestinians actually want,” and Rima Najjar’s uncompromising response, “The Settlers […]