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Book Review of Paradigm Lost: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality, by Ian Lustick

Book Review: Paradigm Lost: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality  by Ian Lustick, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019 Rev. J. Mark Davidson, Executive Director, Voices for Justice in Palestine, September 23, 2020 This is a very insightful and helpful book that sheds much-needed light on an important set of issues in Israel-Palestine. Prof. Lustick is Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. The central thesis of his book is that "there is one state between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, and its name is Israel." In saying this, Lustick is only acknowledging the de facto reality on the ground. I witnessed this reality first-hand when I traveled to the West Bank in the winter of 2013. After spending a few days in Jordan, I crossed into what has been geographically and historically known as Palestine for centuries. But the custom authorities who went through my luggage and asked me questions, examined my iti

Book Review of Paradigm Lost: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality, by Ian Lustick