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Saturday, October 9, 2010

Opinion: Don't ask Palestinians to accept their humiliation as just

Haaretz - How can the Arabs agree that their inferior existence is not only a de facto reality they are forced to accept, but a matter of principle as well?

... Israel explains the Jewish political presence in the Land of Israel, both within the State of Israel and in the occupied territories, as deriving from the Jews' sovereign right to the entire land. This interpretation is reflected both in the government's settlement policy in the territories and in its discrimination against Arabs inside Israel.

... The Arabs' problem is that for them to recognize Israel's Jewishness under this interpretation means acceptance of their inferior status in the Land of Israel, to the point that they could even be expelled from it. Read more
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