They want to bring the situation to what they see as the logical conclusion, hoping that Palestinians and the rest of the world will gradually accept it.

With an American president (who doesn't deserve a capital letter) overturning decades of patient foreign policy work like a toddler kicking down a Lego house, this was bound to happen. Trump hasn't a clue what foreign policy is about, he sees anyone who flatters him as a "friend" and will support them even though it's detrimental to our interests and to world peace.

Just waiting for the nukes to start flying...