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Although Jerusalem would serve as two capitals, Israel and the Palestinian state would also delegate powers to a special body that governs the entire city—either as a single joint local government or as two municipalities under the confederal umbrella.
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Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2025
That’s because member states worry that if the rules are too strict, platforms would respond by shrinking their platform workforce, says Ludovic Voet, confederal secretary at the European Trade Union Confederation.
—WIRED, 20 Nov. 2023
In 1999, Belarus and Russia signed a treaty that committed them to merging into a confederal state at some future point.
—New York Times, 30 Mar. 2022
Two-state solutions, one-state solutions, confederal arrangements with Jordan or even Jordan and Syria—nothing has worked.
—Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 17 May 2021
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Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2025
That’s because member states worry that if the rules are too strict, platforms would respond by shrinking their platform workforce, says Ludovic Voet, confederal secretary at the European Trade Union Confederation.
—WIRED, 20 Nov. 2023
In 1999, Belarus and Russia signed a treaty that committed them to merging into a confederal state at some future point.
—New York Times, 30 Mar. 2022
Two-state solutions, one-state solutions, confederal arrangements with Jordan or even Jordan and Syria—nothing has worked.
—Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 17 May 2021
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“Confederal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confederal. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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