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In reply to the discussion: Arab League Chief Says Palestinians to Petition UN [View all]former9thward
(31,974 posts)23. Past drama.
I live in the present. The Palestinians in Gaza voted in Hamas as their governing body. Hamas does not recognize Israel and wants to push the Jews into the Sea. IN the West Bank Abbas and the PLO refuses to recognize Israel : The chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and president of the Palestinian Authority told a Jordanian newspaper: "Don't order us to recognize a Jewish state. We won't accept it."
http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/10609/abbas_palestinians_will_not_recognize_israel_as_jewish_state
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If the Palestinians want their country they will have to cast off their militia
R. Daneel Olivaw
Dec 2012
#1
And if they want to be seen as a nation state they will have to put away
R. Daneel Olivaw
Dec 2012
#9
Mr. Sharon openly stated that the purpose of the Gaza withdrawal was to consolidate Israeli
Douglas Carpenter
Dec 2012
#17
The UN should create a Palastinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip...
Agnosticsherbet
Dec 2012
#3
You don't just get to write off official documents as 'past drama' when it suits you...
Violet_Crumble
Dec 2012
#25
You don't get to rely on "official documents" when people in the present reject them.
former9thward
Dec 2012
#27
It doesn't matter who rejects them. They still official documents and they exist, despite yr claim..
Violet_Crumble
Dec 2012
#28
And how does that override the mutual letters of recognition? It doesn't
Violet_Crumble
Jan 2013
#32
Because they're every bit as deserving of having their own state as Israelis were...
Violet_Crumble
Dec 2012
#11
by supporting the single-state solution -do you not realized that Israel will not be able to remain
Douglas Carpenter
Dec 2012
#21