Palestinian Leaders Have Spurned Countless Offers for a State

(New York Post) Editorial - Talking of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict Wednesday, President Trump simply declined to endorse a Palestinian state for now, preferring instead to defer to the parties. For the record, a poll out of Israel on Wednesday showed that most Israelis (55%) back two states - yet only a minority of Palestinians (44%) do. Israelis have long been open to a Palestinian state, if their security is assured. Palestinian leaders have spurned countless offers for just that. The barrier is that they won't accept the existence of the Jewish state.


2017-02-20 00:00:00

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