Ray Hanania, Palestinian journalist, has brought a new perspectiveto the Palestinian-Israeli conflict with a proposal for a solution to the settlements and refugee problems.

Under Hanania’s plan, the number of Israeli settlers in the West Bank to be exchanged with Palestinian refugees will be negotiated between parties. (There are about 500,000 Israelis settlers living in the West Bank and more than 4 million Palestinians refugees.) For every settlement that Israel seeks to keep in the original West Bank, Israel will be asked to be prepared to give Palestine an equal amount of land mass. Even if all settlers are willing to return Israel, Palestinians will be funded through compensation committees to live in Palestine or another country. Both Israeli settlers who stay in Palestine and Palestinian refugees returning to Israel will have citizenship rights.

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The full transcript of Hanania’s proposal:
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