Western leaders from Emmanuel Macron to Keir Starmer are pushing hard for international recognition of a Palestinian state. But what if the strongest arguments against a Palestinian state are the ones nobody is asking?

In this episode, Matan Hasidim speaks with Dr. Raphael BenLevi — senior fellow at the Misgav Institute for National Security, Maj. (res.) in the IDF intelligence branch, and director of the Churchill Program for Statecraft and Security at the Argaman Institute.

Drawing on his recent article in the intellectual journal Hashiloach, Dr. Ben-Levi presents a clear and compelling analysis of why a Palestinian state would be a strategic, cultural, and moral disaster — not only for Israel, but for the West as a whole.

Read Dr. BenLevi’s full article in English here:

Time to Abandon the Two-State Paradigm - https://www.misgavins.org/en/benlevi-time-to-abandon-two-state-solution

למאמר בעברית שפורסם בכתב עת 'השילוח':

https://hashiloach.org.il/the-palestinian-state