Nepal, Feb. 19 -- Waiting for a "Trump deal" will do nothing but deepen Israel's apartheid and foreclose any chance of a political solution

JERICHO - Since December 6, 2017, US President Donald Trump's administration has recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital, closed the Palestinian mission in Washington, DC, moved the US embassy to Jerusalem, and defunded humanitarian support provided by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA), among other steps. And yet we Palestinians are hounded by claims that the US really wants to pursue peace and that somehow the only problem has been our reluctance.

Nobody can claim that we did not engage Trump's administration. We held almost 40 meetings during 2017, answered all ques...