UN Resolution 2803

Trump’s Gaza Gambit, Israeli Fears, and Hamas’s Predictable Rejection

When the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2803 on November 17, most commentary fixated on a single expression: a “credible pathway toward Palestinian self-determination and statehood.” In the weeks that followed, that phrase was endlessly recycled, often stripped of its context and weaponized to suggest that Israel had once again been cornered into an irreversible diplomatic process. For many Israelis, it triggered a familiar reflex — the fear of another Trojan horse, wrapped in security language, destined to reopen the door to a Palestinian state imposed on indefensible borders.