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Source: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/17958/palestinian-jihad-jews
The Palestinian Jihad Against the Jews
(Gatestone Institute) Bassam Tawil - As donor countries were meeting in Norway on Nov. 17 to discuss providing financial aid to the Palestinian Authority, PA Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh told his cabinet that there is no such thing as Jewish history in Jerusalem. The city, he said, belongs exclusively to Muslims and Christians. PA leaders claim they support a "two-state solution." But if they believe that Jews are not entitled to their holiest site, the Temple Mount, and that Jerusalem belongs only to Muslims and Christians, how can they talk about establishing a Palestinian state that would exist in peace and security next to Israel? Doesn't that mean that Israel is entitled to its own capital, Jerusalem? Doesn't it mean that Jews would have free access to their holy sites, including the Temple Mount? Western donor countries seem not to understand that the refusal by Palestinian leaders to recognize Israel as the homeland of the Jewish people remains a major obstacle to peace and the "two-state solution." They might wish to consider Palestinian anti-Semitism and incitement against Israel and Jews the next time they open their wallets to the PA.