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Abbas: We won't recognize Israel as Jewish state

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John Carroll8/29/2011 2:38:54 pm PDT

re: #48 imp_62

1) Most Jews who had been living in Iraq, Syria Egypt etc. for thousands of years did not choose to leave.
2) By your reasoning, those countries are Jewish homelands and should be reclaimed by Jews

Given how often humans move around to new homes (voluntarily or not), clearly, historical claims are meaningless (which applies equally to Jewish claims, IMO). On the other hand, recent injury - and rude evictions - are harder to forget. It took a long time for an accomodation to be made in Northern Ireland. Lets hope it happens faster in Israel.

3) When did the territory now comprising Israel suddenly morph into a former Palestinian homeland? DId you learn history in a Taleban madrassa?

Where else would the people who lived there for thousands of years call home?

Again, don’t ask the evicted to say their former homes are now a homeland for another people. That’s crazy.