The term "two-state solution" is sometimes mentioned in the news in the context of the affairs of
- A.China
- B.Israel
- C.Iraq
- D.Yemen
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The correct answer is B, Israel. The two-state solution is the proposal to settle the Israeli–Palestinian conflict by having an independent State of Palestine alongside the State of Israel.
The idea goes back to the 1947 UN partition plan for Palestine, which proposed a Jewish state and an Arab state. After the 1967 war, the plan came to mean a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, broadly on the pre-1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital. The Oslo Accords of 1993 between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization were built on this goal. India has long supported a negotiated two-state solution.
A is wrong: China's disputes, such as Taiwan, are framed as One China, not two states.
C is wrong: Iraq's issues concern internal conflict and the Kurdish region, not a two-state plan.
D is wrong: Yemen's crisis is a civil war, not the subject of the two-state solution.
Exam tip: two-state solution = Israel and Palestine; key milestones 1947 UN partition plan and 1993 Oslo Accords.
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