Trump blows up Palestine, give parents school choice and other commentary

Mideast watch: Trump Blows up ‘Palestine’Donald Trump “single-handedly collapsed the most destructive idea of the last hundred years” at his press conference on Gaza, applauds Tablet’s Lee Smith — specifically, the idea that Middle East peace requires a Palestinian state.“Given the repeated failure of the multi-decade-long dream of eliminating and replacing the Jews of Israel, it seems unlikely that the Palestinians will receive a better offer” than Trump’s plan to build a “Riviera” there.

Indeed, his “generous offer” “signals a return to history, but with a twist.Trump has not only spared them, but vowed to provide them with new lives, better lives, work, new homes, and a chance to raise their families in peace.”From the right: Give Parents School ChoiceIn a refreshing shift, President Trump “directed the federal Education Department to examine ways it can better support school choice programs at the state level,” cheers USA Today’s Ingrid Jacques.

National test data show “that the current system of educating America’s kids isn’t working” and Trump’s order will “encourage states to break free of the stranglehold that unions have on government-run schools.” It’s imperative that Trump and Republican lawmakers “prioritize both expanding school choice incentives and doing away with the Education Department if they want to see any real change or progress.”Conservative: Democrats’ Ideology ProblemDemocrats are “becoming more liberal, but America remains more conservative,” argues J.T.Young at The Hill.

Gallup polling finds that, for the third year in a row, “Republicans led Democrats among voters who identified with one of the two parties” and “presidential exit polling in 2024 showed that Kamala Harris’s largest lead among voters based on age was her 11-point margin among 18- to 29-year-olds.” But voters tend to grow more conservative as they age, so Democrats will “need big majorities among yo...