Nearly one hundred years ago, the French government proposed a treaty to ban war. The resulting Kellogg-Briand Pact proved to be an exercise in futility, notably with the outbreak of World War II, history’s worst conflict. 

Next week, the French will sponsor another act of delusional diplomacy at a UN conference in New York to promote a similar non-starter – a State of Palestine.

For one thing, no such state exists. It has no territory. It has no government. And, most importantly, if there were such a state, it would be a terrorist one committed to acquiring the territory of a country that actually does exist: Israel. As the Palestinians’ genocidal mantra puts it, “From the river to the sea.”

The Trump administration is wisely refusing to be party to such an inevitably counterproductive enterprise. 

As they say in New York, “Fuggedaboutit.”

This is Frank Gaffney.