By Akiva Eldar: U.S.: Palestinians need not recognize Israel as Jewish state before talks
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Title: This Issue is the Crux of the Whole Conflict Name: Robert City: Montreal State: Canada
The whole essence of the conflict is that the Arabs DO NOT RECOGNIZE the Jewish state. Obviously if the Arabs truly want peace they should recognize the obvious. Besides the UN and supposedly the world recognized Israel as a JEWISH state since its inception. They do not want to recognize the obvious because they have the hope to one day overwhelm the Jews with the help of Israels Arab minority and create one Palestinian state. The Arabs of Israel would not be harmed by an Arab recognition of Israel`s Jewish identity. I hate to admit it but on this issue I agree with Netanyahu.