David Ignatius: Biden Admin Is Convinced a Real Palestinian State with Real Power Could Resolve the Conflict

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IGNATIUS: “On the big story that you’re covering, there is no question that Jake Sullivan went to warn the Netanyahu government that we really are nearing a point where U.S. and Israeli interests don’t coincide. We think that there’s a time coming when this war has to be fought on a more limited and careful basis, far fewer civilian casualties. I think the real split is going to come on these day-after issues. The Biden Administration is convinced that the answer is to work with Saudi Arabia, other Gulf States, Jordan, Egypt, toward a real Palestinian state with real power, using the Palestinian Authority that’s now in the West Bank, moving its people into Gaza. That’s something that Bibi Netanyahu strongly opposes. And I think what we’re heading for, to be honest, is a U.S. offer that this government can’t accept, which will lead into elections and perhaps a successor to Netanyahu. I think that’s where we’re heading, but it will take a while."