To everyone except Netanyahu and Iran-backed Hamas, the two-state solution is the only solution

Binyamin Netanyahu will never accept a two-state solution for the Palestinians because he thinks of Palestinians as Hamas. He cannot disntinguish one from the other. So, with this thinking, once has been destroyed Hamas, if that is actually possible, he seems to believe there will be no need for a two-state solution because "Palestine" will have been effectively annihilated. Hamas doesn't want a two-state solution because all it wants is the destruction of Israel. So while Netanyahu and Hamas rule, there is no chance of a peaceful settlement after which the Palestinians can be handed their own nation. That's the tragedy of this conflict. Everyone else, from Joe Biden in Washington to the most influential Arab leaders in the Middle East, are envisaging that when the terrible war in Gaza ends, that will be the time for an historic, moment-seizing opportunity to rearrange all the chess pieces in the region: build a Palestine state, withdraw Israeli troops from the occupied West Bank, forge a new Arab/Israel relationship deal, and remove all reason and justifcation for future conflict. It's a bold and noble vision. But it's never going to happen while Hamas still exists and, sad to say, while Israel is led by its current longstanding prime minister.