As Israel prepares to go to the polls, one question is becoming increasingly important: Do any of the parties support the establishment of a Palestinian state in any of Israel's boundaries?
Benjamin Netanyahu has been the Prime Minister of Israel for the greater part of two decades, with many Israelis not knowing any other leader.
However, that could all change with the country's elections set to take place on Tuesday, October 27.
One of the key talking points is the potential for a two-state solution to the conflict with Palestine.
When leaders and spokespeople from across the political spectrum were asked whether they would ever support it, their answers illustrate in stark terms just how little political support remains for a two-state solution.
Speaking on The Pat Kenny Show, Adam Parsons, Sky News Middle East correspondent, explained that the reaction by the representatives to the question wasn't all that surprising, as it would be "daft" and likely mark the end of their political career to voice support for the two-state solution.
He explained: "There is no great appetite in Israeli society for the establishment of a Palestinian state, for the pursuit of a two-state solution.
"So let's be blunt; as a politician, you'd be daft to stand up there and say yes, that is what I'm here for, because you're going to write off a great chunk of your vote immediately.
"I think it is worth saying there are two parties running in this election who are focused upon what you would either call the Arab Israelis or the Palestinian citizens of Israel, and clearly both of those parties would want Israel to pursue a two-state solution.
"As ever with these things, I think there is a sort of chorus that you get beforehand, and then [the] real politics that comes afterwards.
"I don't think, let's not kid ourselves, a Palestinian state is not going to happen anytime soon, but it may be that some of these parties are more receptive to that long-term objective than others."
As for how the voting will go next week, Mr Parsons was asked if Netanyahu will be in power in six months time or not, to which he replied that that was "a good question".
He continued: "There's not going to be an outright winner on Tuesday. There never is in Israel. So it's going to be a coalition government.
"At the moment, the polls have got Gadi Eisenkot as the favourite to have the biggest slice of the pie, but there's 120 seats in this parliament.
"He's forecast to get 24 of them. That's only one in five. Netanyahu's going to get 20, so the polls might suggest. That's one in six.
"You've got to be good at doing a deal. And at the moment, my take, for what it's worth, is that right now the polls are suggesting that the arithmetic might not be there for either of them to get a coalition together.
"That might take us sometime next year to be confronted with two options. One is a minority government of Eisenkot in power.
"If he can do a deal, and this is back to where we started with the Arab parties, and says to them, 'You don't want to be necessarily a coalition, you don't want to endorse me, but you might lend me your vote in a confidence motion.'
"It might just be that we end up with an Eisenkot minority, or it could be that that deal just isn't possible.
"The more right-wing politicians, particularly in Eisenkot's coalition, don't want that nd then we end up having another election sometime next year. The one thing I say is no one's going to win this out right."
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