This article argues that the widespread notion that Israel lacks a Palestinian negotiating partner has endured in Israeli society despite the security community’s unease with this narrative. Many of Israel’s former generals and spymasters, some of whom were interviewed for this article, have argued that the “no partner” mantra runs counter to Israeli interests and that there are steps the government of Benjamin Netanyahu has avoided taking that would keep prospects for a two-state solution alive.

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没人说话：“无伴侣”口头禅在以色列话语中的坚持

本文认为，尽管安全界对这种说法感到不安，但以色列社会中普遍存在这样一种观念，即以色列缺乏巴勒斯坦谈判伙伴。以色列的许多前将军和间谍大师（其中一些人曾接受本文采访）认为，“无伴侣”的口头禅违背了以色列的利益，本杰明·内塔尼亚胡政府采取了一些步骤，避免采取这样的措施，这将使以色列有继续发展的前景。两种状态的解决方案仍然有效。