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# Regis Debray: Israel pessimist. Tony Curzon Price
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/34476/
- Published: 2007-08-31T11:08:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:37:12.000Z
- Author: Tony Curzon Price
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:31

This link details Regis Debray's depressing view of [the disappearing reality of a 2-state option in Israel/Palestine](http://mondediplo.com/2007/08/05palestine?ref=opendemocracy.net). It came through my email, just as I sit in an airport lounge bound for Jerusalem.

I am going to the [Van Leer Jerusalem Institute](http://www.vanleer.org.il/eng/content.asp?id=27&ref=opendemocracy.net) for a Network of European Foundations conference on Religion, Democracy and Europe. My last visit to Israel and Jerusalem, some 10 years ago, happened at what seemed like a time of greater hope for peace. I enjoyed the wonderful scholarly atmosphere of the Hebrew University economics department for a week with the basic assumption that a real 2-state solution was not far off.

I go to the Van Leer, looking forward to the stimulation of a great line-up of thinkers and writers, but nevertheless wondering what the reality of the Institute's goals really mean today:

"to enhance ethnic and cultural understanding, ameliorate social tensions, empower civil society players and promote democratic values. "  

I'll keep blogging through the conference.