Position On The Palestine Question
Khalidi's stated position on the Palestine question is for a two-state solution .
From "Foreign Affairs": A Palestinian state in the occupied territories within the 1967 frontiers in peaceful coexistence alongside Israel is the only conceptual candidate for a historical compromise of this century-old conflict. Without it the conflict will remain an open-ended one.
Khalidi is a Palestinian representative to the Joint Palestinian–Jordanian delegation to the Middle East peace talks. He holds no office in the PLO or any of its bodies.
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