“The New Palestinian Constitution Makes Peace Illegal” with Elder of Ziyon

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In this week’s Middle East Forum podcast, Lauri Regan is joined by Elder of Ziyon, the award-winning writer and one of the most influential pro-Israel voices on social media, for a close examination of the new draft Palestinian constitution and the dangers he argues it poses to peace and stability.

Elder of Ziyon explains why he believes the document is not a normal constitution but a legal framework for permanent conflict. He argues that it constitutionalizes “pay for slay,” places the PLO above the state itself, preserves maximalist territorial claims, and embeds legal and political barriers that would make genuine compromise with Israel effectively impossible.

The conversation also explores how the draft could be used to expand international lawfare against Israelis abroad, why Western governments may have recognized Palestinian statehood under false pretenses, the constitutional status of armed factions under the PLO, and how the document reflects deeper structural realities in Palestinian politics. Elder of Ziyon also addresses whether the draft merely formalizes the existing status quo and why he believes it deserves far more scrutiny from Western policymakers before it advances further.

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