<P> Over the years, polls have consistently shown "respectable Israeli and Palestinian majorities in favor of a negotiated two - state settlement ." </P> <P> There have been many diplomatic efforts to realize a two state solution, starting from the 1991 Madrid Conference . There followed the 1993 Oslo Accords and the failed 2000 Camp David Summit followed by the Taba negotiations in early 2001 . In 2002, the Arab League proposed the Arab Peace Initiative . The latest initiative, which also failed, was the 2013--14 peace talks . </P> <P> The first proposal for the creation of Jewish and Arab states in the British Mandate of Palestine was made in the Peel Commission report of 1937, with the Mandate continuing to cover only a small area containing Jerusalem . The recommended partition proposal was rejected by the Arab community of Palestine, and was accepted by most of the Jewish leadership . </P> <P> Partition was again proposed by the 1947 UN Partition plan for the division of Palestine . It proposed a three - way division, again with Jerusalem held separately, under international control . The partition plan was accepted by the Jewish leadership . However, the plan was rejected by the leadership of Arab nations and the Palestinian leadership, which opposed any partition of Palestine and any independent Jewish presence in the area . The 1948 Arab - Israeli War for control of the disputed land broke out on the end of the British Mandate, which came to an end with the 1949 Armistice Agreements . The war resulted in the fleeing or expulsion of 711,000 Palestinians, which the Palestinians call Nakba, from the territories which became the state of Israel . </P>

Who came up with the two state solution