trump, as he has tended to do, recently tried to derail and distort a recent agreement by hamas to remove itself from power and allow elections in gaza by tying it to a gift to some fascist states in the gulf about palestinian statehood, which has never had a real chance of happening, in exchange for hamas disarming, which is naive magical thinking. it is this condition - the removal of hamas from power - that defines victory in the justified war against terrorism that was required after the terrorist attack, and not the disarmament of hamas, which is unlikely to ever happen. there will always be some group of people in the area with guns that wants to fight israel. what's important is keeping them out of power, not trying to take away their guns. their removal from power is the definition of complete victory for israel, and is a just outcome.

the palestinian people have many decades of work in front of them if they want the idea of a palestinian state to be a realistic possibility, one day in the distant future. there is no political, social, economic or even cultural basis for palestinian statehood at this time. the idea is moronic and people trying to advance it are demonstrating low intelligence more so than any political view.