This article by Anne Bayefsky originally appeared on Fox News.
The Obama administration is furious about Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's recent objection to Palestinian plans for a state with "no Jews." In a video posted on September 9, 2016, Netanyahu made the obvious comments that the Palestinian effort to purge all Jews from the West Bank amounts to "ethnic-cleansing" and "ethnic cleansing for peace is absurd." The State Department responded by shooting the messenger, calling Netanyahu's remarks "inappropriate and unhelpful."
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas makes no secret about Palestinian intentions. As he boasted to the interim Egyptian President while on a visit to Cairo in July 2013: "In a final resolution, we would not see the presence of a single Israeli--civilian or soldier--on our lands."
