Such a move would derail peace efforts and destabilize the region by giving the false hope that statehood could be achieved outside of direct bilateral talks with Israel.
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Trump admin seems to back Israeli “settlement” move that critics say will make the two-state solution unviable.
“A two-state solution? A Palestinian state in the heart of Israel would indeed be a solution—for those who seek to eliminate us,” Gideon Sa’ar said.
A “two-state solution” would enlarge not only the jihadi terror threat to Israel, conventional and unconventional, but also the tangible prospects for a catastrophic regional war.
Concerning Palestinian statehood, he might as well have announced that France officially recognized the People’s Democratic Republic of Oz.
Ottawa stated that its recognition is conditioned on a series of reforms by PA chief Mahmoud Abbas.
‘Woe to those who call evil good and good evil…’
The UK’s announced intention to recognize such a state is “not diplomacy—it is a moral failure,” said the British-Israeli dual citizen, who was a Hamas captive for 471 days.
Trump “can be a catalyst for an end to the immediate crisis in Gaza and potentially a resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the long term,” the Saudi foreign minister said.
“It’s easy to come to the General Assembly to deliver a nice speech, but at the end of the day, you have to deal with Hamas,” the Israeli envoy told JNS.