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Yirmeyahu, do you consider all of British Mandate Palestine to be occupied, or "just" the territory captured from Egypt and Jordan in 1967?
As well, why do you laugh at the notion of Palestinians recognizing Israel's right to exist while demanding that Israel hand the Palestinians a state? This is in reference to what I've read on your website, not necessarily anything you have written here.
As well, you offer no constructive solution because you fail to recognize that Israel's presence West Bank and Gaza is not the only cause of Intifadah and violence. Like others have said, the violence began before the occupation, the PLO was formed in 1964, three years before Israel entered those territories. Furthermore, the cause of the Second Intifadah (not the excuse, but the cause) was Barak's offer to hand over to the Palestinians 95% of the West Bank, 100% of the Gaza Strip, and most of East Jerusalem. After brainwashing their children for generations about the evil parasitic Jews, they could not just accept a peace offer from them. The Palestinian leadership's ambition is to create a Palestinian state REPLACING Israel, not living along side them. Hamas admits it. Islamic Jihad admits it. The PFLP admits it. Arafat admitted it in Arabic although not in English. I have no idea what Abbas wants, I will give you that. Maybe he does want peace, but if he does he would be a change in the pattern, not a representative of the typical Palestinian leader.
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