>I realize the Arabs were the first to reject the two-state solution, but Israel then abandoned it (as you just said above). You state that is was temporary, but the Jewish settlements in Gaza and the West Bank indicate that this was meant to be permanent. So Israel caused Palestine to cease to exist, regardless of the reasons behind that decision.
Depends on your point of view. Under Turkish rule, there wasn't really a formal "Palestine", just a vaguely defined area. It wasn't until the British Mandate that a formal "Palestine" was recreated (along with Trans-Jordan).
Israel IS Palestine. But, the Arabic populations chose to reject the rights of citizenship granted to them in the Israeli charter. Their choice.
Dan LeClair
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