Despite the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, there are reports that the current Palestinian government headed by Mohammed Shtayyeh could resign and lead to the creation of a new government.
Based on past experience with normalization agreements, three components are presently missing on both the Israeli and Palestinian sides: legitimate leadership, political determination, and trust.
The opposite is true: Israel has kept its “rage” firmly in check.
Simply put, the idea of “Palestine” is dead and buried, and no matter how hard they may try, Western politicians will never be able to revive it.
Document calls for local Palestinian governance in the enclave and IDF security control there and over all the territory west of the Jordan River.
During the plenum debate, shouting ensued, with Ta'al member of Knesset Ahmed Tibi saying, "A Palestinian state will be established Ras Ben Amo [Arabic slang for 'in spite of his opposition']".
While many International leaders have expressed interest in creating a Palestinian state for the sake of peace, few real options of actualizing this interest seem to exist.
Rather than "award" the Palestinians a state, Hamas must come "crawling and begging" for a hostage deal after being completely defeated, Eliyahu said.
Any unilaterally imposed recognition of a Palestinian state by the international community would be tantamount to undermining this final clause of the Oslo Accords.
Ministers from Netanyahu's Likud Party, as well as from the Religious Zionist Party (RZP) and Otzma Yehudit, criticized the language, as it did not rule out a Palestinian state in general.
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