The accords are a victory for Netanyahu, and the Trump administration, and the Israeli leader’s strategy of bypassing the Palestinians on the road to peace with the Arab world. Netanyahu has resisted calls to begin planning for the day after the war ends, beyond endorsing Trump’s proposal to drive the Palestinians out of Gaza and send in the real estate developers to turn it into a riviera with luxury hotels, condos, and a Trump Tower. The Palestinian Authority is unresponsive to people’s needs, incompetent, corrupt, authoritarian, and brutal; the Netanyahu government, populated with ultra-nationalists and racists, has worked fervently to undermine democratic institutions, and its tolerance and even encouragement of corruption rivals that of the current president in Washington.
Author: BY DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
Published at: 2025-06-04 21:33:27
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