Reply #71: The de facto Jewish government recognized the Palestinian right to a state.

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When the Jews accepted the UN Partition Plan they de jure accepted the Palestinian right to a state, since the Plan called for an Arab state. Second, since Israel has never formally denied the Palestinian right to a state, there is no reason for Israel to formally recognize the right, any more than there is a necessity for France to recognize that the Germans have a right to a state.