three-state solution

English

Noun

the three-state solution

  1. (geopolitics) A proposed approach to resolving the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, by returning administrative control of the West Bank to Jordan and the Gaza Strip to Egypt.
    Coordinate terms: one-state solution, two-state solution
  2. (geopolitics) The situation in which the Palestinian Authority governs the West Bank, Israel controls its sovereign territory and Hamas rules the Gaza Strip.
    • 2007 June 20, Jacob Savage, “The three-state solution”, in Los Angeles Times‎[1], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 March 2021:
      To a large extent, residents of Gaza and the West Bank are two different peoples, and the idea of a three-state solution — Israel, plus a Hamas-run Gaza and a Fatah-governed West Bank — makes historical sense.
  3. (geopolitics) A proposed approach to resolving the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, with the creation of a new Christian state.
    • 2025 October 14, Steve Bannon, quotee, “Steve Bannon pushes for 'three state solution,' formation of 'Christian state' in Middle East”, in The New Arab‎[2], archived from the original on 19 December 2025:
      "The only solution here, if you’re going to have a two-state solution, you have to have a three-state solution… you have to have a Christian state," he said.
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