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February 1, 2012       Share:    

Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=1299

Why Did Israeli-Palestinian Peace Negotiations Fail?

(Israel Hayom) Zalman Shoval - The Palestinians' refusal to accept Israel as the homeland of the Jewish people is not a matter of semantics, but rather a declaration that they do not recognize the Jewish people's right to their own country. Moreover, in their eyes the Jews are not a nation, they are only members of a religion - and if they are not a nation they do not deserve a country and do not have the right to self-determination like other nations. The recent peace talks in Amman, or the peace process in general, have not progressed not just because of borders or security, or the status of Jerusalem or Palestinian refugees, but mainly due to the wholesale Palestinian refusal to recognize Israel as the homeland of the Jewish people.

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