Trump’s election made it inevitable but this week saw Hamas’ final capitulation, agreeing to release all hostages - with Israeli forces allowed to remain in parts of Gaza until all hostages are released.
And who knows what crazy, chaotic horrid Trump might do. Is it conceivable that, say, Saudi blandishments lead him toward more pro-Palestinian policies? Perhaps unlikely, but he does have a stake in the Abraham accords, and revisiting those might lead to improvements.
Perhaps your bleak assessment is correct, but I hope not.
Was the two state solution alive before 10/7? If so, I don’t think it was after that day, which I think may have been one of the reasons Hamas launched an attack that they knew would cause vicious retaliation.
I suspect the death of a two state solution was a goal of both Netanyahu and Hamas, in which case both won a victory in this war.
As bleak as the prospects are for Palestinian self-determination, stopping the current violence is a good thing. Slower and awful violence will surely follow, I know, but at least the fast violence of the war may ease.
And who knows what crazy, chaotic horrid Trump might do. Is it conceivable that, say, Saudi blandishments lead him toward more pro-Palestinian policies? Perhaps unlikely, but he does have a stake in the Abraham accords, and revisiting those might lead to improvements.
Perhaps your bleak assessment is correct, but I hope not.
Was the two state solution alive before 10/7? If so, I don’t think it was after that day, which I think may have been one of the reasons Hamas launched an attack that they knew would cause vicious retaliation.
I suspect the death of a two state solution was a goal of both Netanyahu and Hamas, in which case both won a victory in this war.
As bleak as the prospects are for Palestinian self-determination, stopping the current violence is a good thing. Slower and awful violence will surely follow, I know, but at least the fast violence of the war may ease.