Europe’s longest period of peace began with Israel’s rebirth – and could end with growing hostility toward the Jewish state.

Jerusalem says recognitions reward Hamas atrocities, ignore hostages and fuel instability rather than peace.

Netanyahu rejects international recognition as a reward for terrorism; ministers push annexation of Judea and Samaria in response.

On the looming recognition of Palestine and the difficult search for the right response.

This is precisely what Israel warned against. A Palestinian state now in Judea and Samaria will inevitably become Gaza 2.0.

International institutions, hostile movements, demographic changes and digital manipulation have created an environment where Israel’s battlefield victories in the war on terror translate into diplomatic defeats in the war for public opinion.

Ministers demand annexation of Judea and Samaria, Netanyahu vows “there will be no Palestinian state,” as Washington warns Europe against “fake recognition.”

Various obstacles, chief among them international pressure, has kept E1, a 4.6-square-mile area in the Judean Hills, virtually untouched for decades.

The San Remo resolution delineated the area between the Jordan River and Mediterranean Sea as the Jewish homeland, reconfirmed by later treaties.