The President and the Pandemic

  Trump's vision seems destined to end up in the garbage bin of history. P resident Trump’s vision for the creation of a democratic Palestinian State in Gaza and 70% of Judea and Samaria under his Peace to Prosperity Plan (Trump Plan) - is a futile exercise doomed to failure.   The Trump Plan defines the proposed  “State of Palestine”  [page 1] in these specific terms: STATE OF PALESTINE: Throughout the Vision, the term “State of Palestine” refers to a future state, not currently in existence that could be recognized by the United States only if the criteria described in this Vision are satisfactorily met.  The prescribed criteria are: “a predicate to the formation of a Palestinian State and must be determined to have occurred by the State of Israel and the United States, jointly, acting in good faith, after consultation with the Palestinian Authority”  [page 34] The  “Palestinian Authority”  no longer exists under that name—having been renamed th...