I actually don’t like this. Why? Because what our state department rep said is true— this doesn’t actually bring us any closer to a real two state solution. Not that there are that many paths in that direction, but this almost entirely symbolic act, done right after a very large rocket attack by Hamas, is almost like a reward for that behavior.

I don’t have any problem with a state of Palestine being created— as the old saw goes, in terms of 1967 borders with mutually-agreed land-swaps— but this doesn’t really create a state of Palestine. That work still needs to happen.