Until October 7, 2023, the creation of a Palestinian State alongside Israel seemed an inexorable issue to achieve peace in the Middle East. That is no longer a realistic proposal.
The political decision to create a Palestinian state depends on the will of the peoples who live together in the territory, today more distanced than ever. Almost no one today in Israel believes that Palestinian self-government is a path to peaceful coexistence, quite the opposite. The Middle East divides the world politically. Israel, with more or less help from some Western democracies, will soon finish off Hamas in Gaza. Hopefully, then the focus can be put back on a new path for peacefulCoexistence between Jews and Arabs based on an international coalition.