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November 29, 2012       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/today-could-have-been-palestine-s-65th-birthday.premium-1.481326

Today Could Have Been Palestine's 65th Birthday

(Ha'aretz) Irwin Cotler - Nov. 29 marks the 65th anniversary of the UN Partition Resolution of 1947 - the first-ever blueprint for an Israeli-Palestinian "two states for two peoples" solution. While Jewish leaders accepted the resolution, Arab and Palestinian leaders did not, launching a war of aggression against the nascent Jewish state. Had the UN Partition Resolution been accepted, there would have been no 1948 Arab- Israeli war, no refugees, and none of the pain and suffering of these past 65 years. Indeed, today's date could have been a day commemorating the 65th anniversary of the establishment of both the State of Israel and the State of Palestine. The writer is the former Minister of Justice of Canada.

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