The Associated Press: Report: Abbas reiterates refusal to recognize Israel as 'Jewish state'
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Title:Suggestion: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/928781.html
Name:Avihu
City: JerusalemState: Israel
Of course Israel has Arabs living here, with the same rights as all other citizens although not yet with the same responsibilities. But so does Greece, the nation-state of the Greek people that has a large Albanian minority in it. And so does Lithuania that has a large Russian and Polish minorities that are Lithuanian citizens in the nation-state of the Lithuanian people. And the same you will find with every nation-state worldwide.

Having minorities living in a state does not mean the state does not have a national orientation and affinity. To think it does implies lack of knowledge of the nature of the concept of a nation-state.

The Palestinian Arabs want a nation-state. Do they really want it clean of all Jews.....???