▁to ▁provide ▁an ▁answer ▁to ▁his ▁self - posed ▁question , ▁" Why ▁has ▁this ▁' conf lict ' ▁last ed ▁so ▁long , ▁who ▁can ▁stop ▁it , ▁and ▁how ?" ▁ ▁The ▁F ate ▁of ▁Palest ine : ▁An ▁Inter view ▁with ▁No am ▁Ch om sky ▁In ▁this ▁interview , ▁conducted ▁by ▁Frank ▁Bar at ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁Ch om sky ▁highlight s ▁possible ▁out comes ▁of ▁the ▁Palest ine ▁situation , ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁boy c ott ▁and ▁div est ment ▁and ▁the ▁important ▁role ▁that ▁the ▁U . S . ▁plays ▁in ▁supporting ▁Israel . ▁He ▁begins ▁by ▁out lin ing ▁the ▁pun ishing ▁measures ▁taken ▁by ▁Israel , ▁with ▁the ▁support ▁of ▁the ▁U . S ., ▁against ▁the ▁Palest ini ans ▁following ▁the ▁dem ocr atic ▁election ▁of ▁Ham as ▁in ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁which ▁he ▁states ▁might ▁result ▁in ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁the ▁nation . ▁The ▁author ▁cont ends ▁that ▁the ▁most ▁feas ible ▁alternative ▁to ▁this ▁scenario ▁is ▁the ▁two - state ▁solution ▁supported ▁by ▁the ▁international ▁community ▁( except ▁for ▁Israel ▁and ▁the ▁U . S . A .), ▁despite ▁his ▁personal ▁preference ▁for ▁a ▁bin ational ▁state ▁as ▁proposed ▁by ▁Edward ▁Sa id . ▁The ▁author ▁con cludes ▁that ▁the ▁vast ▁majority ▁of ▁US ▁citizens ▁also ▁support ▁a ▁two - state ▁solution ▁and ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁un pre ced ented ▁levels ▁of ▁US ▁aid ▁given ▁to ▁Israel , ▁and ▁could , ▁with ▁the