Again Mr. RTJ, the refusal by the Arab population of the mandated 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 76 years later, after Jews broke their backs to build a viable nation at the forefront of science and technology.
Had they accepted Israel’s right to exist, they would be celebrating 76 years of independent statehood today with pre-1967 borders. They chose war to gain everything several times and they lost.