Weekly Commentary: Mr. Netanyahu - No Time For Games About Palestinian State
Dr. Aaron Lerner 27 June 2025

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu knows that a sovereign Palestinian state
of any size would be a disaster.

He knows that once a sovereign state exists that it remains a sovereign
state even if it renounces whatever commitments it made to receive that
status.

And he knows that sovereignty can be exploited in terrible ways.

But I fear that Netanyahu may play poker with the sovereignty card.

Betting that he can make sure that it never happens.

But there are too many things which can go wrong.

Mr. Trump may press us in ways we were never pressed before if he believes
that creating a sovereign state is a necessary condition for reaching some
goal which he seeks in his term.

And there is no telling who the president will be after him.

Look at the surprise this week in New York.

Add to that: an Israeli leader after Netanyahu may have to deal with
pressure to come through with the promises Netanyahu made.

And let's be clear: any list of conditions we set will be met.

If we require that the sky is purple, we could have a world proclaiming it
is purple.

After all, the CIA continually signed off the PA was complying during the
early years of Oslo so that they could get USA funds.

And even if Mr. Netanyahu is certain he could always handle the challenge,
considering the disdain he has for the caliber of the other politicians
here, he most certainly doesn't think that anyone else could succeed.

So Mr. Netanyahu, please don't play games about Palestinian sovereignty.

Let's keep this card out of the game.

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