As delusional diplomats continue pushing for a Palestinian state living in peace next to Israel (a state that might be named “Fantasyland,” with apologies to Walt Disney), “moderate” Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas rejects calling Israel a Jewish state.

JERUSALEM — The Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, on Monday dismissed a demand by Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, underscoring the considerable gaps between the sides.

“I do not accept it,” Mr. Abbas said in a speech in Ramallah, in the West Bank. “It is not my job to give a description of the state. Name yourself the Hebrew Socialist Republic — it is none of my business,” he added, according to Reuters.

Have you ever seen a people more deserving of statehood?