For more than a century, Palestine has been the testing ground for some of the most ambitious peace plans ever devised. From imperial commissions to United Nations resolutions, from regional initiatives to globally endorsed road maps, the international community has repeatedly promised an end to one of the world’s most enduring conflicts. Yet each attempt has collapsed, leaving behind deeper mistrust and renewed violence.

The earliest peace efforts emerged under British rule during the Mandate period. In 1937, as unrest grew between Jewish and Arab communities, the Peel Commission proposed a radical solution: partitioning Palestine into two separate states. It was a revolutionary idea, but one rejected by both sides and quickly abandoned.........

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