The Palestinians themselves are largely choosing not to. When Israel was formed, they rejected the partition in hopes of their Arab neighbors destroying Israel and just getting it all anyway. That... didn’t work out for them.
And even today, even the most peaceful Palestinian leaders still annually commemorate Israel’s founding as a disas…
The Palestinians themselves are largely choosing not to. When Israel was formed, they rejected the partition in hopes of their Arab neighbors destroying Israel and just getting it all anyway. That... didn’t work out for them.
And even today, even the most peaceful Palestinian leaders still annually commemorate Israel’s founding as a disaster, and will not accept any peace terms that do not include a “right of return.” Whereas Hamas overtly calls for Israel’s destruction, even Fatah still demands that all descendants of 1948 refugees be permitted to return to Israel, which would still end Israel as a Jewish state even in the unlikely event that it did not involve actual ethnic cleansing.
Not surprisingly, Israel will never peacefully allow this. But the Palestinians are, in effect, unwilling to accept just the occupied territories. And so, they are stateless.
The Palestinians themselves are largely choosing not to. When Israel was formed, they rejected the partition in hopes of their Arab neighbors destroying Israel and just getting it all anyway. That... didn’t work out for them.
And even today, even the most peaceful Palestinian leaders still annually commemorate Israel’s founding as a disaster, and will not accept any peace terms that do not include a “right of return.” Whereas Hamas overtly calls for Israel’s destruction, even Fatah still demands that all descendants of 1948 refugees be permitted to return to Israel, which would still end Israel as a Jewish state even in the unlikely event that it did not involve actual ethnic cleansing.
Not surprisingly, Israel will never peacefully allow this. But the Palestinians are, in effect, unwilling to accept just the occupied territories. And so, they are stateless.