Key Issues in Israeli - Palestinian Talks
Two State Solution
Israeli Settlements
Status of Jerusalem
Palestinian Refugees
Two State Solution
- Palestinians want an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza, with East Jerusalem as capital
- Israel says future shape of Palestinian state must be based on negotiations and resists calls to base talks on pre-war 1967 lines
Israeli Settlements
- Israel has built large settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem
- Palestinians call for a total freeze on settlement activity
Status of Jerusalem
- Palestinians want East Jerusalem to be their capital
- Israel has annexed East Jerusalem and says Jerusalem is its indivisible, eternal capital
Palestinian Refugees
- Palestinians demand refugees who left or were forced out when Israel was created in 1948 be allowed to return, along with their descendents
- Israel rejects the right of return