Palestinian state

The poll found 59% of respondents backed US recognition of a Palestinian state, while 33% were opposed, and the rest were unsure or did not answer the question.

Israel will offer the Palestinian population there full Israeli citizenship, similar to the successful model of the Arab citizens of Israel.

So far, Indonesia is the only country to publicly offer troops, saying it could deploy 20,000 soldiers under a United Nations mandated peacekeeping mission, something not outlined in Trump’s plan.

While diplomacy takes place abroad, a very different reality is emerging on the ground in the West Bank, with an increasing number of small settlement farms scattered across the contested territory.

Prominent Israeli voices, on both the Right and the Left of the political spectrum, are in favor – but with vastly different aspirations for what such a unified country would look like.

Trump, of course, readily accepted Israel’s wish to move the US embassy to Jerusalem in his first term – and recognized the annexation of the Golan Heights.

“Don’t create another generation of Palestinians who believe that somehow the resistance is the way to peace and security,” Rice said.

The activists, as part of the “It’s Time” Coalition representing 60 Israeli peace and reconciliation organizations, called the unusual gathering "historic."

The Israel Democracy Institute found that 66% of Israelis surveyed believe that the Israel-Hamas War should be ended by the current hostage deal on the table.

Israel can either lead or be led. It can shape the outcome of this war and the future of Gaza and of this conflict, or it can wait until everyone else decides for them.