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Legacy for the Peace Process

What is San Remo’s ongoing legal relevance?

Dr Matthijs de Blois
and Andrew Tucker

In this chapter, we consider three important aspects of the Israeli-

Palestinian conflict under international law. We will look at the
relevance of the San Remo resolution to the “Two-State Solution”,

Israeli “settlements”, and the status of Jerusalem.

A. San Remo and the “Two-State Solution”

or decades, the “Two-State How does this relate to the San autonomous states west of the
FSolution” has been proposed Remo Resolution? Jordan River. The San Remo model
as the only means to bring an envisages Jews and Arabs living
end to the long-lasting conflict The “Two-State model” is together, in one democratic, Jewish
between Israel and the Palestinian fundamentally different from the state west of the Jordan River,
Arabs. It envisages the creation “San Remo model”. The Two- enjoying equal civil and religious
of a Palestinian state adjacent to State concept involves separating rights.
Israel in the territories which are “Jews” and “Arabs” into separate
considered by many to have been A Jewish State…
occupied by Israel in the Six-Day “The Two-State model The San Remo Resolution and
War: the “West Bank” (including the Mandate for Palestine both
“East Jerusalem”) and the Gaza is fundamentally envisaged the establishment of
Strip. It is assumed that, as a result, an independent Jewish homeland
these states will live together in different from the San “in Palestine”. Although the term
peace and that security of all people “national home” was used, rather
in the region will be guaranteed. Remo model.” than “State”, it was clear from the

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