Two-state solution would mean relocating 200,000 settlers, says Israeli lawyer who has David Cameron’s ear

Daniel Seidemann: ‘If Israel does not have the will to relocate 200,000 people, the two-state solution is dead.’ Photograph: Quique Kierszenbaum/The Guardian

Nearly 200,000 of the 700,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank would have to be relocated to Israel to create a viable Palestinian state, according to an Israeli lawyer from whom the UK foreign secretary, Lord Cameron, has sought advice on his visits to Israel.

Cameron has said he realises reaching a two-state solution would be tough, but he has not spelled out the practical consequences in terms of borders, including the need to persuade so many Israelis to relocate.