Conservative: Trump Misjudges Palestinian Peace Wish

President Trump “thinks he can convince Sunni Arab countries to make common cause with Israel against Iran, and maybe he can,” suggests John Daniel Davidson at The Federalist. But “as part of that larger regional realignment, he wants to settle the Palestinian question” — which suggests “Trump doesn’t quite realize what he’s getting into.” As Bill Clinton learned, “the Palestinians are not really willing to make a deal,” which is why George W. Bush and Barack Obama “largely avoided the peace process.” Trump “shouldn’t suppose that things have fundamentally changed.” Palestinian leaders know “their hold on power means perpetuating the grievances that have kept the Israeli-Palestinian question an open wound for the last 70 years.”