[Lent]

Good comments. Given the condition precedent requirement we won't be seeing a "Palestinian" State anytime soon!

[Torie]

Ya, it is tempting to demand that the West Bank authority show that it has the capacity to, and in fact does, stamp out violence and terrorism for a sustained period of time as a quid pro quo for getting a state. But I don't think that will happen, and I'm not sure it is practicable. But it is what should happen in an ideal world, where effecting justice is the highest priority. But it isn't, and really can't be.