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In reply to the discussion: USC says it's canceling pro-Palestinian valedictorian's speech over security concerns [View all]wnylib
(21,855 posts)going back at least 3000 years. Muslim Arabs arrived on the scene in the 7th century CE to conquer the Christian Byzantine rulers. Throughout both periods, the indigenous Jews remained. Their numbers waxed and waned according to how they were treated in both Palestine and Europe. Contrary to popular belief, not all Muslim Arab rulers treated non Muslims well.
Today, 20% of Israeli citizens are Palestinian. They are teachers, lawyers, soldiers in the IDF, elected representatives in Knesset.
It is the height of absurdity to suggest that Israel should dissolve to be replaced by one nation throughout the region of the former British Mandate of Palestine. How well did such an arrangement work out for indigenous Americans under the one nation of the US?
Palestinian Muslims want to remove Jews from Palestine by oblitersting them from existence. That is not hyperbole or anti Palestinian propaganda. It is the sworn statement of Palestinian leaders, with the support from the people. Might as well force the families of MLK and Medgar Evers to live in a KKK enclave.
The only solution I can see is two separate states. To achieve that, both Palestinians and Israelis need to give up the idea of having the entire region for themselves.