At the initial stages of evacuations a couple of weeks ago, only around 70,000 civilians fled. By early last week, the numbers had risen to around 250,000.

Aside from death threats and claims of “we will come and kill you all,” the letter also contained references to the Holocaust and Nazism, Kreutner added.

Odeh welcomed the trilateral recognition and wrote that while the "Palestinian people are not the best people in the world, but there is no people in the world better than them."

Pushing for a two-state solution now is unmoored from reality, as Palestinians have shown no ability or willingness to run a peaceful entity alongside Israel.

In an interview with the Post, UN Ambassador Danny Danon said that it was "very sad to see serious leaders taking part in this circus."

The Yisrael Beytenu chair said that his decision reflects the "basic values of the Zionist movement."

Without honing in on the hostages and on Hamas’s hidden fighters in Gaza City, the IDF controlling more land is unlikely to achieve strategic goals.