Via Aziz Alghashian in mei.edu: The Saudis have taken an important step by establishing and leading a global alliance devoted to implementing the two-state solution. What Saudi Arabia has done is create a new focal point and generate momentum upon which other states can gradually build. Notably, the alliance held its first meeting in Riyadh, lending a great deal of symbolic authority to this push for peace. With that said, the world has been here before. There have been peace initiatives and “pushes” toward resolution before, but none has reached the desired end goal. While there are many reasons for this, one is a lack of sustained effort to maintain the momentum moving in the direction of a two-state solution. This then raises the question of how a coalition supporting the establishment a two-state solution or any other peace process can be sustained — what is missing? One element that may be absent is diversification within the processes leading to the two-state solution.
