Establishing a unitary Israeli-Palestinian state would end Israel’s ideological essence and its functional existence.

I note this in light of Peter Beinart’s argument on Wednesday in favor of such a state formation. Writing in the New York Times, Beinart suggests that a unitary state is now the only way to match moral justice to the enduring cause of Israeli-Palestinian peace. This is necessary because “about 640,000 Jewish settlers now live in East Jerusalem and the West Bank,” Beinart says, “and the Israeli and American governments have divested Palestinian statehood of any real meaning.” This means that “it’s time to imagine a Jewish home that is not a Jewish state.”