Ep. 51 | Gaza Ceasefire and Palestinian Statehood

A few weeks ago, President Trump secured the release of all 20 remaining living hostages in Gaza and reached a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. This ceasefire is a tenuous one; Hamas has refused to release the bodies of deceased hostages and has violated agreed-upon boundaries, sparking limited clashes with Israeli forces. Nonetheless, the ceasefire has paved the way for renewed discussions on Gaza’s future, the precarious status of the West Bank, and broader questions of Palestinian statehood. Elliott Abrams, Chairman of The Vandenberg Coalition and Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins Flash Focus to discuss the ceasefire, his landmark piece in Mosaic entitled “There Never Will Be a Palestinian State. So What’s Next?”, the outlook for Judea, Samaria, and Gaza, and more.

https://ideas.tikvah.org/mosaic/essays/there-won-t-be-a-palestinian-state-in-the-west-bank-it-s-time-to-reconsider-the-j

https://www.impact-se.org/

(1:18) Assessing Phase One

(3:22) The (Failed) European Approach

(5:18) Why Will There Never Be A Palestinian State?

(8:47) A Jordanian-Palestinian Confederation

(13:57) Deradicalizing Gaza

(17:57) International Stabilization Force

(22:13) Ending “Something for Nothing”

(25:34) Gaza’s Near-Term Future

You can watch this episode as a video on YouTube.