Foreign Policy dixit:

Although the two-state solution has become anathema to many Israelis, it remains the best hope for their prosperity and security. That having a state of their own would be good for the Palestinians goes without saying. But it would also be good for Israel; indeed, helping to bring about a Palestinian state has the potential to serve Israel just as much as it would serve others.

The Palis do not support the two-state solution. Consider a November, 2023 poll, where only 17% supported a two-state solution. AWRAD: Public Opinion Poll – Gaza War 2023 – Tables of Results (14 November 2023):

Table 33: Do you support the solution of establishing one state or two states in the following formats:
Two-state solution for two peoples 17%
A Palestinian state from the river to the sea 75%
One state solution for two peoples 5%

Since the Palestinians overwhelmingly reject the two solutions involving “two peoples,” it is fair to conclude that the 75% of Palestinians who support “A Palestinian state from the river to the sea”— envisage a Palestine consisting of only one people. That is, they envisage Palestine “from the river to the sea” as being Judenrein (free of Jews).

Great advice, Foreign Policy.

It’s becoming clear that Israel is in the process of creating a new world. In the pre–October 7 world, legitimate governments let terrorists kill a little, then hide a little, negotiate a little, and kill a little more. And Israel was expected to play along. In the world being born, Israel kills terrorists, wherever they are and at whatever point in their cycle. This is to be a world of greater moral coherence, swifter justice, and more enduring security.

In short, it’s a saner, more civilized world. Which means the unstable populations of the West can’t bear to watch it take shape. Too bad.

You can wrap yourself in a keffiyeh and chant Hamas slogans from freshman year until you’re eligible for Social Security. But Hamas, that entity that Israel supposedly couldn’t destroy, is all but destroyed. Hezbollah is on its way out, the Houthis are under attack, Iran is under rubble, Assad’s Syria is history, and Qatar is out of the terrorist-resort business….

“Israel is remaking the map”

…Furthermore, two of the Hamas leaders killed are, from what I understand, negotiators involved in the ceasefire negotiations. I don’t disagree but that is crossing a line…

OK, but just a teeny-weeny, itsy-bitsy little fix is required here:

OK, but just a teeny weeny itsy bitty little fix is required here….
…Furthermore, two of the Hamas leaders killed are, from what I understand, “negotiators” involved in the ceasefire “negotiations”. I don’t disagree but that is crossing a line…

(To be sure, it certainly behooves one to forget / ignore / scoff at this, um, peculiar quibble.)

Does Richard Ha-Ha-Ha-Haas have ANYTHING to say on the matter?

Not that it really DOES matter one way or the other…since the decision has pretty much been made:
Israel REFUSES to be destroyed—make that, “UNCONSCIONABLY REFUSES to be destroyed”.
THEREFORE, IT MUST BE DESTROYED.

Indeed, the wisest of wise moralists and judges, pundits and pontificators, ethicists and educators, have come to the only conclusion possible, given their level of morality, ethics, discernment and judgment:
GAME, SET, MATCH HAMAS.

Israel faces a stark choice. It will either need to make a sincere bid for compromise and peaceful coexistence with the Palestinians or risk losing the international support that its long-term well-being requires. Although the two-state solution has become anathema to many Israelis, it remains the best hope for their prosperity and security. That having a state of their own would be good for the Palestinians goes without saying. But it would also be good for Israel; indeed, helping to bring about a Palestinian state has the potential to serve Israel just as much as it would serve others.

–Richard Haas, “A Palestinian State Would Be Good for Israel: The Chance for a Two-State Solution Still Exists—but Won’t for Long”
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/palestinian-state-would-be-good-israel
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A two-state solution … now more than ever! But only If You Act Now!

Sadly Israel has turned its back on the wise Richard Haas’s of the world.

For the first time Israel has attacked on Qatar soil. Qatar’s leaders are not amused.

Furthermore, two of the Hamas leaders killed are, from what I understand, negotiators involved in the ceasefire negotiations. I don’t disagree but that is crossing a line.

It also appears that Israel is finally going to clear Gaza City in order to destroy Hamas.
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–“Israeli military evacuation order triggers panic in Gaza City”
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-military-evacuation-order-triggers-panic-gaza-city-2025-09-09/
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The rest of the world will do the cowardly things the rest of the world does\. But Israel is strong and Trump has its back.

So, that’s it for negotiations until Israel finishes this chapter.