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In March 2015, Netanyahu declared that a Palestinian state would not be established during his administration,<ref name="Azulay-2015">{{cite news|first=Moran|last=Azulay|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4637673,00.html|title=Netanyahu says no Palestinian state if he remains PM|website=[[Ynet]]|date=16 March 2015|quote=Whoever moves to establish a Palestinian state or intends to withdraw from territory is simply yielding territory for radical Islamic terrorist attacks against Israel}}</ref> while he also stated that he disapproved of the [[one-state solution]] for the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict|ongoing conflict]] between two people.<ref>{{cite web|first=Harriet |last=Salem |url=https://news.vice.com/article/us-says-it-will-re-evaluate-approach-to-israeli-palestinian-conflict-after-netanyahu-election-win |title=Netanyahu Backtracks on Election Pledge to Refuse a Two-State Solution After Sharp Words from the US |work=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |date=19 March 2015}}</ref>
After the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]]'s controversial [[United States recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel|decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital]] in December 2017, Palestinian officials said the policy change "destroys the peace process" and the decision indirectly meant the United States was "abdicating its role as a peace mediator"<ref>{{Cite news |title=World reacts to Trump move on Jerusalem |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=December 11, 2017 |date=December 7, 2017 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42250340}}</ref>
A 2021 survey among 521 scholars who have dedicated their professional lives to the study of this region and its politics found that 52 percent of respondents believed the two-state solution is no longer possible. If a two-state solution is not achieved, 77 percent predict "a [[one-state reality]] akin to apartheid" and 17 percent "one-state reality with increasing inequality, but not akin to apartheid"; one percent think a [[binational state]] with equal rights for all inhabitants is likely.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Marc |last1=Lynch |first2=Shibley |last2=Telhami |date=19 February 2021 |title=Biden says he will listen to experts. Here is what scholars of the Middle East think. |website=[[Brookings Institution]] |url=https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/02/19/biden-says-he-will-listen-to-experts-here-is-what-scholars-of-the-middle-east-think/ |access-date=19 March 2022}}</ref>
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