Dr Martin Smith’s suggestion (Letters, 9 November) to put Gaza under Egyptian control and the West Bank under Jordanian control is not a three-state solution but a no-state solution for the Palestinians, and would never be accepted by them.
I wonder if he has ever been to Gaza or the West Bank to connect with the experience, views and emotions of the people living there. I worked in Gaza as a human rights lawyer in the mid-90s (previously having lived on a kibbutz) and it was clear at the time that the Oslo peace accords would fail, partly because those pressing the then Palestinian leadership to sign the inadequate deal did not take sufficient account of the reality and history of the Palestinian people.
