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The Biden administration’s plans for post-war Gaza represent a significant departure in the U.S.-Israeli relationship and could endanger American lives. According to a recent Politico report, the White House is “coalescing around plans for an interim ‘Palestinian Council’ to govern Gaza and a security coalition in which the U.S. military will play a major role.” If true, such a plan would be disastrous for the United States, Israel, and Palestinians. The United States has spent decades bogged down in state-building in the Middle East with very little to show for it. After Iraq and Afghanistan, American popular opinion is unlikely...