While Gaza's boundaries are clearly defined, the precise territory of what would constitute Palestine in the West Bank and East Jerusalem will only be determined via negotiations with Israel on a two-state solution, negotiations which are currently suspended.
But it's hard to believe that the outgoing diplomat, who dedicated a significant chunk of his tenure to failed two-state solution negotiations, didn't feel a need to distance himself from the reality of what is to come.
Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid party is under less pressure in this respect: while its political platform includes actively striving for the two-state solution, negotiations with the Palestinians are not central to this party's public commitment to social justice and raising Israel's living standard.
If the Palestinians pursue a consensual solution through negotiation and dialogue, a just peace remains possible.
"The way we achieve peace is through a two-state solution and negotiation, not through passing resolutions in the House of Commons or the United Nations.
Our second opportunity is to develop a global solution including negotiation for the SLAs.
In reality, the U.N. Charter explicitly prohibits nations going to war unless they "first of all, seek a solution by negotiation, enquiry, mediation, conciliation, arbitration, judicial settlement, resort to regional agencies or arrangements, or other peaceful means of their own choice".
Ask for the best solution debt negotiation of them.
US officials condemned Friday's violence "in the strongest terms" and expressed hope that Yemen might still achieve a political solution through negotiations and dialogue.
It also may explain why so many Israelis have moved in this direction as they grow weary of the suffering caused by the four-year-old Palestinian uprising and disenchanted with the possibilities of a solution through negotiations.
