Oslo accords

Supporting Israel’s rightful campaign of self-defense is a policy investment in wider regional security and human sanctity.

Despite the fact that the political echelon is responsible for the October 7 failures, Israel is not the one that strengthened Hamas.

Rival faction accuses Hamas of bringing upon a ‘worst catastrophe than 1948,’ pointing out the bloody 2007 coup and wondering if Hamas would be interested in appointing a Prime Minister from Iran.

So what will the Palestine statehood crowd prescribe as the solution? Give them more funds and more weapons, of course. Build them into a full-fledged army, disguised as a “security force.”

Establishing a Palestinian state has been a feature of Israeli rhetoric since the 1990s, and the majority of prime ministers have expressed willingness to agree to it, under certain conditions.

Any unilaterally imposed recognition of a Palestinian state by the international community would be tantamount to undermining this final clause of the Oslo Accords.

Norway is part of an international effort to build a broad, Palestinian unity government, with Western nations aiming for the PA to play a key role in it.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called Sunday for an immediate return to Gaza settlements and "correction" of the Oslo Accords.

For us to move forward as a nation, we will need to heal our collective souls and ensure that we do not slip back into the kind of civil strife we experienced in the first nine months of 2023.

My conclusion is that demilitarization is a myth. In any territory evacuated by Israel, it is neither possible to enforce nor reasonable to expect that.