What's the Right Thing to Do?

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A two states solution would not lead to security, either for israel or the resulting palestinian state. From that point of view, what do we do? We're not utilitarians, right? So we're thinking about what's right and wrong. What's the right thing to do? Ah, is n expression from the talma to answer something on one foot,. Because you can't stand on one foot for very long.

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