Re: ‘How can the West talk about Israel’s right to self-defence on land illegally occupied at the expense of Palestinian lives?’ – Middle East Monitor

To add: The refusal by the Arab population of the mandate territory to accept UN Partition Resolution 181 (1947) demonstrated that Palestinian Arabs were not interested in establishing their own state if it meant allowing the existence of a Jewish state. –This opposition to acknowledging the right of a Jewish state to exist still lies at the core of the conflict 75 years later, after Jews broke their backs to build a viable nation at the forefront of science and technology.

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