Eighty percent of the nations in the world support a Palestinian state, endorsing a vision of Israel and Palestine living in peace, side by side. I share that ultimate goal but view it today as aspirational, as I do the coming of the Messiah. But based on the just-released draft of the Palestinian Authority’s constitution, a detailed plan for a Palestinian state, I think it’s more likely that the Messiah will show up before a two-state solution comes to pass.

The draft should be a must-read for the 157 countries that recognize a Palestinian state. They’ll find that their perception of a future Palestinian democracy ready to accept the state of Israel next door is a fiction. There is no talk of living alongside Israel. Instead, the draft asserts that Jerusalem will be the capital of Palestine and that Islamic and Christian holy sites will be maintained and protected. No mention is made of the Jewish connection to Jerusalem and the land since the days of the Bible; no recognition that Judaism is rooted in the Holy Land and that for thousands of years Jewish prayer has been deeply and inextricably linked to it.

In effect, the 53-page document erases........

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