Natasha Mozgovaya, Haaretz U.S. Correspondent, Haaretz Service and DPA: Abbas: Failure to reach peace will 'change parameters of debate'
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Title:last throw of the dice
Name:Abu Firas Al Qudsi
City: JerusalemState:
No leader is authorized to cede any part of historic Palestine or to compromise on the right of return of Palestinian refugees which is backed by UN resolutions and enshrined in the consciousness of millions of people. The whole of Palestine from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River belong to the Palestinian Arabs not to Jewish immigrants who settled the land illegally. Britain was not qualified to grant the Balfour declaration to the Jews since it did not own the land of Palestine so as to give it away to European Jews. The Jews have as much claim to Palestine as the Chinese to California however, for the sake of peace, the Palestinians have accepted to allow Jews to live in Palestine in a democratic state where Arab and Jew are equal citizens before the law. By definition, Israel is a racist entity therefore it does not qualify as a democratic state for all its citizens but a democratic Palestinian state will be the lasting solution to the Jewish presence in the Middle East.