Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel inflames tensions in the Middle East, triggering protests in Gaza and the West Bank and drawing angry responses from regional and global leaders. The decision represents a major break with long-standing US policy and a blow to the prospect of a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which has been upheld by the international community for decades.

For long the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been trapped in a perceived one-state/two-state dichotomy, providing life support to the so-called Middle East Peace Process. "It's precisely the persistence of such process, and the time it has provided Israel to pursue its own agenda, which has invalidated that dichotomy and hampered any meaningful progress towards genuine peace".