Obama’s endorsement of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s claim that if Israel is recognized as a Jewish state and its security needs accepted, “I will surprise, and the sky is the limit,” has made the current process possible. But maximal security – for example, an insufferably long timetable for withdrawal, unreasonable territorial demands wrapped up as security needs, an Israeli presence in the Jordan valley, and full control of Palestinian airspace and the electromagnetic spectrum – would inevitably clash with Palestinians’ view of what sovereignty entails.