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About Tony Klug

Tony Klug is a longstanding writer on the middle east, whose contributions include successive Fabian Society pamphlets advocating a two-state solution (A Tale of Two Peoples, 1973) and a unilateral Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank (The Only Way Out, 1977). In 2003, he proposed a transitional international protectorate for the occupied territories. For many years he worked at the international secretariat of Amnesty International as a campaign organiser and as head of international development; he has also served on the international boards of New Outlook and the Palestine-Israel Journal and as a trustee of the International Centre for Peace in the Middle East. He is a senior consultant at the Middle East Policy Initiative Forum and a special advisor on the middle east to the Oxford Research Group.

Articles by Tony Klug

Sunday 6th November

The two-state solution: where next?

Tony Klug, 6 November 2011

As a series of abstentions, including those of Britain, France, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, leave Palestine with eight confirmed votes in favour of UN recognition – just short of the nine needed to sway the 15-nation UN Security Council – the author argues that there is no win-lose or lose-win scenario in the conflict between Israel and Palestine.

Wednesday 1st June

Bonfire of the experts: the Arab uprisings and the Israeli-Palestinian question

Tony Klug, 1 June 2011

We need to understand that patience on the Palestinian side has almost completely run out after many fruitless years of aimless negotiations and feeble international mediation. The Palestinians – exasperated by US reluctance or impotence - see the shelf-life of the long-running but deeply flawed peace process expiring later this year.

Wednesday 29th July

Israel-Palestine: a man, a plan, and an outcome

Tony Klug, 29 July 2009

Barack Obama could yet unlock the toughest conflict, if he embraces a clear and decisive strategy

Monday 21st July

Two states for two peoples: solution or illusion?

Tony Klug, 21 July 2008

The “one-state solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian impasse is winning support. Time to rethink?

Tuesday 5th June

Israel-Palestine: how peace broke out

Tony Klug, 5 June 2007

There is a solution - and a few brave steps could take us there

Tuesday 6th May

The West Bank and Gaza Strip: an international protectorate?

Tony Klug, 6 May 2003

Israelis and Palestinians appear trapped in a war without end. Could a creative, international initiative help resolve their corrosive conflict? As external powers and local actors pore over the latest ‘roadmap’, an experienced analyst of the Middle East proposes an imaginative solution that offers hope to all sides.