The Palestinian people are incredibly talented, educated, and diverse; they deserve better representation by capable leaders and parties, not an exclusionary death cult that has spent the past 30 years sabotaging an imperfect yet viable peace process. Ironically, and after numerous attempts to undermine the Oslo roadmap for peace and Palestinian statehood, Hamas is now signaling its willingness to accept the 1967 borders for a future state, living side by side with the State of Israel. This is precisely the position adopted by the Palestinian Authority, which Hamas accused of treason for accepting this framework. After tens of thousands of casualties, widespread destruction, and many wars, the group is right back where the Palestinians were three decades ago. Unfortunately, the current Israeli political landscape is exponentially more extreme and unlikely to embrace meaningful peace negotiations anytime soon.
