For a brief moment just a few weeks ago, it seemed like the joint Israeli-American effort to suppress Palestinian nationalism was succeeding. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had arrogantly dismissed the idea of Palestinian statehood, while US President Donald Trump and his secretary of state appeared to echo that position. Palestinians holding passports issued under the US-sponsored Oslo Accords were suddenly denied entry to America. Even more absurdly, Washington sought to silence the official Palestinian voice at the UN.