1. All Palestinian leaders, most Palestinian people and the state sponsors of the Palestinian cause all refuse to accept Jewish sovereignty over any land in the Middle East.  Their openly stated goal is the erasure of the Jewish State. A holocaust of Israelis.

Given that openly stated position - and the thousands of attacks launched in furtherance of that goal- why should Israel stop fighting them? 

Wouldn't every country fight uncompromisingly against neighbours who seek their annihilation?  

2. You are justifiably outspoken about Israeli terrorist settlers in the West Bank and demand they be held to account by the Israeli government. On the other side of the coin, the Palestinian Authority has never held a single terrorist accountable for carrying out acts of terrorism against Israelis. In fact the PA have an objectively more heinous strategy in which they operate an infamous “pay for slay” scheme that incentivizes acts of terrorism against Israeli civilians. The more Jews you kill, the more money your family receives for your crime. October 7th terrorists are among the many beneficiaries of these payments. 

Why do you and your movement not demand accountability from the Palestinian Authority - in the same way as you demand it of the Israelis?

3. For 78 years, Israelis have lived with the open threat of annihilation by their neighbors. To this day, Israel's eradication remains the clearly stated goal of Palestinian leadership, the IRGC in Iran and the Iranian military proxies in the region; Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis.        

Do you believe that Israelis deserve to live in peace, free from terrorism and free of calls for their country’s destruction?

Why do you advocate for a “free Palestine” but not for a “free Israel”?

Should the 'Pro-Palestine' movement denounce the goal of erasing Israel?

Should every Palestinian leader renounce the goal of erasing Israel?

Should the Islamist backers of the Palestinian cause and the Iranian proxies renounce their goal of erasing Israel?

4. From 1948 - 1967,  no Israelis lived in the West Bank or Gaza. During those 19 years, the two territories were illegally occupied by Jordan and Egypt respectively. They controlled the borders and could have declared Palestinian statehood at any time. They chose not to. The 'occupation' that began in 1967 - as a result of the Palestinians and other Arab armies attempting to annihilate Israel - is often cited as the justification for the Palestinians' armed resistance and ideological opposition to Israel. 

Is this characterization fair, given the Palestinians' and their Arab nation backers had been trying to enact Israel's annihilation for 19 years before the occupation started?   

5. Recent interviews, polls and surveys demonstrate that very few Palestinians want a two-state-solution, and since October 7th 2023, neither do most Israelis. It seems like a pipe dream of Western politicians and people who have little knowledge of the practical on-the-ground realities of the Middle East. 

Why do you believe a two-state solution would produce peace?

6. Many Palestinians openly admit that they see statehood as merely the first step to achieving their real goal; total annihilation of Israel.  This is not the view of every Palestinian, but it is a widely held viewpoint. Even if it were held by only 5-10% of Palestinians, it would constitute hundreds of thousands of people wanting to commit a holocaust of their neighbors.

Would you agree that such a threat would be viewed as unacceptable by the citizens of most countries?  

Given the fact that surveys show the view to be held by a large majority within Palestinian society - why should Israelis trust them? Why should Israelis be open to a two state solution?

7. Beyond demanding changes from Israel, what obligations do Palestinians have in achieving peace?

Accept Israel's existence? 

Prevent Islamist attacks on Israelis? 

Stop incitement? 

Build accountable institutions and accept compromise? 

Why is Palestinian agency so often absent from this discussion?

8. Do you accept Israel’s right to continue to exist as a sovereign homeland for the Jewish people and for its citizens to live without threats and attacks from neighbors?

9. Do you care about the gender apartheid that oppresses 240 million women in the Middle East?

Do you care about the pervasive Middle Eastern culture of intolerance and subjugation of non-Muslims? Intolerance of minorities?  Persecution of LGBTQ people?

Do you condemn that oppression as loudly as you condemn abuses by Israel? If not, why not? It affects fifty times more people...

If Israel were defeated and Palestinians were “freed” from living alongside a Jewish state, would the region’s wider oppression, hunger and suffering disappear? 

Or would Israel’s destruction strengthen Islamist movements and make the oppression worse?

10. When Hamas operates among civilians, booby-traps thousands of residential dwellings, stores weapons in civilian infrastructure, mobilizes militants and weapons using civilian ambulances or uses tunnels beneath civilians, does it also bear moral and legal responsibility for the consequences of that strategy?

What responsibility does Hamas bear for civilian deaths in Gaza?

11.  Is there anything that the Palestinians could do that would, in your opinion, disqualify them from being entitled to sovereign statehood?