Is there an end to the story?

This is an example of the kind of issue Walt needs to address.

Dr. Azzam Tamimi, a Palestinian-British thinker and media mogul who was the author, most recently, of Hamas: A history from within argues in response to Helena Cobban's question that recognition of Israel is not in the cards. (http://justworldnews.org/archives/003559.html) For him, the question of recognizing Israel-- or rather, refusing to recognize Israel-- is key. Recognition to him means legitimizing what happened in 1948.

He continues,

No, I don't like to speak about a two-state solution, because that implies it's the end of the story. I talk about a de-facto two-state situation, which might last 10 years, or 5 years, or 20 years. But it is still not the end of the story.