Edy Cohen at the JC provides a useful reminder of the six times Palestinian leaders rejected a state:
The Palestinian leaders’ consistent rejection of peace initiatives over the past 88 years not only calls into question their commitment to coexistence with Israel but to the welfare and safety of their people.
Taking into account all the initiatives proposed to end the conflict, we must consider the possibility that the Palestinians – or at least their leaders – do not want to establish their own state.
Their sights are currently set on the big prize — the entire state of Israel — and they are playing for time. In the mean time, they plan to continue to subsist on funds donated by the Arabs and the Europeans.
Many of the Arab states have grown disenchanted with this enterprise, however, and assistance – particularly from the Saudis – has been discontinued in recent years.
President Donald Trump has also reduced the flow of US support. Only the Europeans remain committed to the implacable Palestinian narrative….
Read on for the details.
As he wryly observes, "a minority of people who voice views about the conflict know anything about its history".
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