It is time for Israel to recognize the force of the rapidly growing international movement to recognize Palestinian statehood, not as the final outcome of a political settlement, but as a path to achieving it.
Were Israel to get serious again about pursuing a two-state solution, it would not be rewarding Hamas, but benefiting itself.
The awful reality, as the horrendous attacks of Oct. 7 made clear, is that without a political solution that satisfies legitimate Palestinian aspirations, Israel will never be free of the specter of terrorism.