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2. Why did Palestinians reject an independent state of their own
Tue Oct 10, 2023, 03:39 AM
Oct 2023

when Israel became a nation in 1948? Because they took the position that Israel had no right to a state there.

If they had established their own self-governing stste instead of attacking the existence of Israel, the decades of fighting and terrorism since then would not have happened.

But now, after those decades of war and terrorism, it is Israel who denies Palestinians their own state and takes over all of Palestine.

How can anyone resolve this impasse with equality and rights for both?

Step one, which seems insurmountable now, is for each side to recognize and respect the existence of the other. No progress can be made without that first step.

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