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Illustration of the colors of the Israeli and Palestinian flags merging, symboling the proposed path forward for Middle East peace

Back to the Future

The Best “New” Idea for Middle East Peace? It’s 25 Years Old.

Trump’s Mar-a-Gaza idea is nonsense. Hamas is unacceptable. Netanyahu repudiates everything but war. A better path forward still exists—and it was charted a quarter-century ago.