Proponents of a single-state solution for the Israel-Palestine conflict have cited post-apartheid South Africa as an example of an undivided nation emerging after years of communal violence. Advocates of a two-state solution have questioned the relevance of this precedent -
- Israel and Palestine have distinct histories, traditions and religions, extending back through the centuries. South Africans never regarded their land as two separate states.
- The freedom struggle in South Africa was about oppression within the one nation, not about conflict between enemy nations.