Jim Pickup is president of the Middle East Investment Initiative, a nonprofit that designs and implements development finance and technical assistance programs to facilitate economic opportunities and sustainable job creation. Pickup is also general counsel, a Henry Crown fellow, and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network at the Aspen Institute. Previously, he was a partner at DLA Piper international law firm from 1997 to 2013. In 2000 and 2001, Pickup was Senator George Mitchell's representative on the Sharm el-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee, an international committee established to examine the crisis between the Israelis and Palestinians and make recommendations to prevent its recurrence.
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With the dream of the Oslo Accords long in the rear-view mirror and no prospect of an agreement between Israelis and Palestinians ahead, is it time to give up on the two-state...