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Why would they when Israel doesn't recognize Palestine as a state? Why should anybody maintain that double standard least of all the people who are at the raw e
by mantap 7y ago
Why would they when Israel doesn't recognize Palestine as a state? Why should anybody maintain that double standard least of all the people who are at the raw end of it.
Do you think that if they did recognize Israel then Israel would automatically return the favor and recognize a Palestinian state? Of course not.
- didgeoridoo 7y ago“Barak offered to form a Palestinian state initially on 73% of the West Bank (that is, 27% less than the Green Line borders) and 100% of the Gaza Strip.”[0] This is exactly what Israel proposed at Camp David in 2000. Arafat rejected it without a counter-offer. [0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Camp_David_Summit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Camp_David_Summit
- bsaul 7y agoi think the original 1947 UN proposition of partition was accepted by the jews and not the arab population of the region (at the time we didn't use the term "palestinian" to speak of arabs living there). This was the best time because the situation was a bit more symetrical then. Just two people on one land who couldn't live next to each others and had to be split.
- ocschwar 7y ago> Why would they when Israel doesn't recognize Palestine as a state? In order to get Palestine recognized by Israel as a state. > Do you think that if they did recognize Israel then Israel would automatically return the favor and recognize a Palestinian state? Israel holds regular elections in which power is peacefully handed over. The Israeli public is a lot more likely to recognize a Palestinian state if that state's actions include something better than continual promises to restore Jews to a subjugated state. But, Hamas's Gaza continues to hold rallies in which such lovely slogans as "Palestine is ours and the Jews are our dogs." Seems a little counter productive.