Veteran political analyst Brit Hume appeared Wednesday on Fox News to discuss President Donald Trump’s strategy to address the persistent unrest in Gaza, prompted by the militant group Hamas.
During an appearance on “Special Report with Bret Baier,” Baier said that Trump’s approach could stir significant international and regional responses and asked Hume for his interpretation. Hume said that Trump’s strategy has potential to shift the longstanding focus away from a two-state solution—a concept that has foundered for over 50 years.
“Such an exotic idea, and it’s, you know, the obstacles are too numerous to mention, Brett, so it may never come to pass, but it has had one notable effect, and that is it has moved the discussion, at least for now, away from the idea of a two-state solution, which has been a dead end for a half a century or more,” Hume said. “The…