In recent years, particularly since the collapse of the US Secretary of State John Kerry’s peace negotiations in April 2014 and the ensuing war in Gaza, the Palestinians have been increasingly despondent about the likelihood that bilateral negotiations would pave the way to a two-state solution. Pessimism is also rife concerning any new Israeli coalition government which will be formed following the March 2015 elections, regardless of whether the incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains at the helm.