Gantz: Unilateral Palestinian statehood is a reward for terror

The rush to recognize Palestine rewards terrorism and ignores history

The most perilous shifts in international diplomacy often unfold with a veneer of moral inevitability. The current stampede of Western nations to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state is one such maneuver a catastrophic reward for terrorism that will deepen the region's conflicts and undermine the very foundations of a future resolution. It is as if there were a race among the free nations of the world, where established democracies compete…

Gantz: Unilateral Palestinian statehood is a reward for terror

In an op-ed for the New York Times, former Defense Minister Benny Gantz warns that Western recognition of Palestinian statehood rewards terror and defies Israel’s bipartisan security consensus.