Reports indicate that several Arab states have introduced changes to President Donald Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza. The amendments include a demand for a full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and the establishment of a Palestinian technocratic administration under international supervision.
The trend of declaring a Palestinian state has been tried before and failed. While the United Nations wallows in cognitive dissonance, President Donald Trump offers a new approach: straight talk. It is time to try the same thing at home.
There is no Palestinian state not only because Israel maintains full control over the territory, but also because of the Palestinian Authority’s failure to establish functioning governing institutions, and Hamas’ dominance.
First warrant from Syrian authorities targets Assad for murder and torture charges from 2011 Daraa uprising.
France already set out its initiative to recognize a Palestinian state in April. Its implications should not be exaggerated, but they must not be dismissed either: the dynamics likely to follow its implementation could worsen the negative trends of terrorism in Judea and Samaria, and require preparation.
