peter beinart has an idea published in "jewish currents" where he's editor at large.o a contributor at "the atlantic" and cnn. the premise of your argument is that the two-state solution is dead. what people might feel like this administration has put forward a bad plan or they were other problems, i think there are a lot of people who are still going to say, no, the goal is still two states, israel and palestine. why is that basic idea now essentially dead? >> fareed, i've been hearing people saying the two-state solution is on the verge of death my entire life. the mayor of jerusalem said if there were 100,000 settlers in the west bank, it would be impossible to create a viable and continuous palestinian state. two of israel supreme court justices live in the west bank. its second most powerful politician lives there. they built a medical center last year in the west bank. at a certain point, those of us who have supported a two-state solution and have been saying for years and years is on the verge of death, as thomas friedman said in 2003, you have the recognize t