Regarding the Rand Corporation study about the $173 billion flowing to the two-states. Who are you fooling? This is an old classic Zionist ploy to push Palestinians to surrender to Zionism. This is very much like the section in Theordor Herzl's Altneuland in which the Arab character explains in the novel why he is supporting Zionism and the Jewish state and invokes the profit motive. This is like the American promise to the Egyptian people that once they have peace with Israel they will become affluent and their standards of living will rise sharply. Of course, Egypt did much better overall when it was in a state of war with Israel in the 1960s. As if in an apartheid state like Israel, benefits are spread equally regardless of ethnicity and religion.