Jerusalem faces a tough choice but signals trust in the Trump plan

(JNS) — A strange thing happened in the middle of the night on Monday: the United Nations Security Council unanimously approved one of the most acrobatic, contradictory resolutions in its long history.

It envisions an International Stabilization Force marching into Gaza to rebuild “civil order,” control the borders, dismantle Hamas’s military infrastructure and—almost as an afterthought—lay down “a path toward a Palestinian state.”

As always, the conditions are buried in diplomatic language. First, Hamas must complete the handover of the hostages—alive or dead. Only then, we are told, can the...