From Gaza to Jerusalem: Is the Two State Solution under Siege?

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during U.S.-sponsored talks in Washington on September 2, 2010

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Nakba, a Palestinian Refugee Camp, 1948

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Israeli soldiers examining a downed Arab Aircraft during the Six Day War.

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An Israeli soldier standing guard on the road to Ismailia during the Yom Kippur War, 1973

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A Palestinian family from Ramallah in Jerusalem, 1910s

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A Bedouin Palestinian woman in Jerusalem, 1900s

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The Mavi Marmara, flagship of a Gaza-bound flotilla raided by Israeli navy commandos in May 2010. Nine people were killed in the raid.

Source: Free Gaza Movement

A rocket fired from Gaza towards Israel

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U.S. President Barack Obama meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House, May 2009.

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Israel-West Bank barrier near Ramallah

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Israeli soldiers in the Golan Heights during the 1973 Arab-Israeli War

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The Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel. Revered in Judiasm as the creation site for Adam and the location of two temples, and in Islam as the site where Muhammed ascended into Heaven.

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The al-Kas ablution fountain at Temple Mount for Muslim worshipers on the southern portion of the lower platform

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The Southern Wall of Temple Mount

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Posted Warning on Temple Mount barring entrance due to Jewish Law, 1978.

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Palestinians fighting during the 1936 Arab Revolt

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A Jewish bus equipped to protect municipal riders during the 1936-1939 Arab Revolt

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David Ben-Gurion (First Prime Minister of Israel) announcing the Declaration of the State of Israel, May 14 1948, Tel Aviv, Israel, beneath a portrait of Theodor Herzl, founder of modern Zionism

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