Alan Dershowitz told Newsmax on Monday that any serious effort to rebuild the Gaza Strip will fail if the United Nations is involved, saying that the global body has become a driver of conflict rather than a force for peace in the Middle East.
On "The Record With Greta Van Susteren," the Harvard Law School professor emeritus said the U.N. should be excluded from Gaza reconstruction efforts, warning that its track record makes meaningful progress impossible.
"It'll be doomed to failure," Dershowitz said. "The U.N. can have nothing to do with it.
"The U.N. is now a major source of conflict rather than a source for peace."
Dershowitz went even further, suggesting the United States and Israel should ultimately consider withdrawing from the organization unless it undergoes fundamental reform.
"Right now, they are a negative force in the world," he said, adding that while policy changes are possible, the U.N. as it currently operates cannot be trusted in postwar Gaza.
Dershowitz also weighed in on the meeting between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier Monday, calling it the strongest of their six meetings and a clear signal of deepening U.S.-Israel cooperation.
"This is the one in which both President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu showed what happens when Israel and the United States work together," he said.
While much of the world, Dershowitz said, is moving away from Israel diplomatically, Trump has moved closer, sending what Dershowitz described as a powerful message to Iran.
He warned Tehran against advancing nuclear weapons or missile capabilities aimed at Israeli cities, suggesting consequences would follow. Dershowitz said Israel does not need direct U.S. military involvement to act against Iran — only approval from Trump.
"All Israel needs is a green light from Donald Trump to go in on its own and destroy Iran's nuclear facilities," he said.
Dershowitz argued that lasting peace in the Middle East is impossible without regime change in Iran, calling the current leadership in Tehran the single greatest obstacle to regional stability.
"If President Trump wants to be known as the peace president, he has to be in support of regime change," Dershowitz said.
Turning back to Gaza, Dershowitz discussed the postwar Board of Peace, predicting U.S. and select European involvement — but not from countries he says have disqualified themselves over support for a Palestinian state.
He pointed to reports that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was vetoed by Hamas, and he criticized nations that have recognized a Palestinian state without requiring recognition of Israel.
"Any country that foolishly recognized a Palestinian state where there is no state ... is disqualified," he said, singling out Britain and Turkey.
Dershowitz also argued that the Palestinians have repeatedly squandered opportunities for statehood, saying a viable state cannot be created without eliminating terrorism and corrupt leadership.
"The Palestinians haven't earned themselves a state," he said. "Maybe someday there'll be a Palestinian state, but it can be a state without terrorists, without Hamas, and without the current Palestinian leadership."
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