As geopolitical conversations intensify over recognition of a Palestinian state, Rabbi Mark?Goldfeder, CEO and director of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, delivered a striking and unequivocal message to Newsmax on Thursday: doing so would be “simply immoral.”

Goldfeder rejected the notion that foreign governments should “give away other people’s land” during an appearance on a special edition of “Carl Higbie FRONTLINE” from Jerusalem. He emphasized that formal recognition would amount to rewarding Palestinian leadership for its support of terrorism.

“It is simply immoral to reward Palestinian leadership support of terror,” Goldfeder said, pointing to the Palestinian Authority’s ongoing “pay-for-slay” program, which provides financial incentives to terrorists targeting Israeli and American citizens. He noted that the PA even defended the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre in southern Israel by Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists.

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