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Asking Palestinians to say that Israel has a right to exist is like asking Native Americans to say the USA has a right to exist. What about Israel exists and has the right to continue to exist? (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 1 year ago by SankaraStone to c/showerthoughts

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Holy cow, that was a loaded question after all! Very interesting reading, though. I agree. As to what the post was about, it was my understanding at the time of the offer(s) that the Arab League was not declaring that the creation of the State of Israel was legitimate, but instead recognizing that it does exist now, and has the right to continue to exist.

[–] SankaraStone 1 points 1 year ago

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/monitoring/media_reports/1899395.stm

It doesn't use that language explicitly as I understand it. It says:

In return the Arab states will do the following:

Consider the Arab-Israeli conflict over, sign a peace agreement with Israel, and achieve peace for all states in the region 

Establish normal relations with Israel within the framework of this comprehensive peace