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Source: https://www.jns.org/israeli-concern-after-un-endorses-trump-plan-with-path-to-palestinian-state/
Israelis Reject Another Palestinian Terror State
(JNS) David Isaac - The UN Security Council resolution endorsing the U.S. plan for Gaza calls for a "pathway" to Palestinian statehood. However, polling by the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs found that between 75% and 80% of Israelis "reject another Palestinian terror state, which this time would overlook Ben-Gurion Airport," said the center's president Dr. Dan Diker. Israel doesn't want to come across as a "killjoy" and pour cold water on the U.S.-sponsored plan, Diker said. But he believes the Trump administration is making a mistake by taking its plan to the UN at the urging of its Arab partners, who hope to use the UN as an international lever to isolate Israel and bring further pressure against it. Efforts to establish a Palestinian state won't work, and repeating calls for a "two-state solution" ignore the nature of the struggle that Israel faces, he said. "We face jihad. We are facing a religious war. It has been what psychologists call a 'resisted experience.' That's when you know something's true, but you don't want to admit it to yourself."