The Middle Eastern past is never dead

Israel should develop an unnegotiated two-state solution, by establishing a viable Palestinian state unilaterally.

The images were touching. In early October, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas visited the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin with his Israeli and Emirati counterparts. How better to celebrate the recent normalisation of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates? In fact, the establishment of diplomatic ties under this summer’s Abraham Accords had little to do with honouring the past. If anything, the deal is an attempt to escape from history altogether.