(Washington Free Beacon) Matthew Continetti - The U.S. secretary of state has decided to resume a generations-long quest for the diplomatic Holy Grail: a Palestinian state. Governed by whom? His answer is a "stronger, reformed Palestinian Authority that can more effectively deliver for its own people." A Palestinian state is a nonstarter until Israel defeats its enemies and reestablishes deterrence. It is a nonstarter until the Palestinian Authority ends its incitement to murder and its payments to the families of stabbers, killers, and bombers. Blinken says that a Palestinian state will isolate Iran and force it "to make decisions about what it wants its future to be." Has he not been paying attention? Iran has made its decision. The mullahs want to remain in power. They want the revolution to spread. They want Israel gone and the U.S. in retreat. That's where any serious analysis must start. The writer is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
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