For decades there has been a bipartisan consensus that a two-state solution is the best means of resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But in a lecture tonight at the University of Swansea, published exclusively by The Staggers, Peter Hain will become the first British figure with direct ministerial experience to argue that after decades of failure, a one-state solution – the establishment of binational state with equal rights for Israelis and Palestinians – must now be seriously considered.
Hain, who served as minister for the Middle East from 1999-2001, will say: