What about the palestineans 'right to exist':
[FONT="]Tehran Times[/FONT][FONT="] (Iran)
January 10, 2006
[/FONT][FONT="]Democracy and double standards: The Palestinian exception
Stephen Zunes
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[FONT="]The resolution begins by claiming that "the foundation for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process was Palestinian recognition of Israel's right to exist and a solemn obligation to end terrorism and violence", ignoring the equally important foundation of Israeli recognition of
Palestine's right to exist and for an Israeli withdrawal from the Palestinian territories seized by Israel in the 1967 war.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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Arab News[/FONT][FONT="] (Saudi Arabia)
February 2, 2006
"Astounding hypocrisy"
Editorial
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Israel has also yet to give concrete acknowledgement of the state of
Palestine's right to exist, preferring instead to keep its people huddled in ghettos while Tel Aviv continues to steal their land.[/FONT]
[FONT="]The Christian Century[/FONT][FONT="] (USA)
March 7, 2006[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]Dealing with Hamas [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]James M. Wall[/FONT]
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[FONT="]From the Palestinian perspective, the question is not whether Hamas will recognize Israel's right to exist, but whether Israel will accept
Palestine's right to exist as a state. [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]Australian Associated Press (AAP Newsfeed)
March 23, 2006 [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]Fed: Australians divided over Israel and the Palestinians: poll
By Peter Jean
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The head of the General Palestinian Delegation to Australia, Ali Kaza, said he was surprised the poll did not find more support for the Palestinian cause. "All the indications I have are that the majority of Australians support the rights of the Palestinians and the minority support Israel and the occupation of Palestine," he said. Mr Kaza said those surveyed should have been asked if they support
Palestine's right to exist. "The question should be whether people think Palestine has a right to exist because Israel already exists," he said.[/FONT]
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Palestinian Information Centre (Website)
March 30, 2006
Zahhar: US adopts criminal policies against peoples of the Middle East
(No Author Given)
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The US on Wednesday barred its diplomats from making contacts with members of the Hamas government. The US has been demanding that Hamas recognize the Israeli occupation even without Israel recognizing a Palestinian state or accepting Palestinian rights, including the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their ancestral homeland. Hamas said it would not recognize Israel as long as Israel refused to recognize
Palestine's right to exist as a sovereign state. [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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Denver Post (USA)
July 28, 2006[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]Roots of Mideast dissension [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]Salam Al-Marayati
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In order to find a way out of this morass, the U.S. must recognize that
Palestine's right to exist is as crucial as Israel's right to exist. The Arab League offered Israel normalization of relations. But these peace proposals are not the focus of U.S. policy makers. [/FONT]
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[FONT="]Michigan Daily[/FONT][FONT="] (Univ. of Michigan, USA)
September 21, 2006
Another setback on the road to peace [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]Paul Abowd [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]Israel's persistent denial of
Palestine's right to exist, either as a sovereign state or as a people, remains a root cause of resentment and violence in the region. [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]HedgeWorld News[/FONT][FONT="] (USA)
December 14, 2006[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]Oil Pressure: Fallout from the Iraq Study Group Report [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]Janet Tavakoli (Tavakoli Structured Finance)[/FONT]
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[FONT="]While some Palestinians do not recognize Israel's right to exist, some Israelis have not respected Palestine's right to borders, which suggests they do not recognize
Palestine's right to exist, either. [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]The Nation[/FONT][FONT="] (Kenya)
January 15, 2007
How About
Palestine's Right to Exist? [/FONT]
[FONT="]Mohamed Hassan [/FONT]
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[FONT="]The Nation (Kenya) [via COMTEX - All Africa Global Media, South Africa]
January 15, 2007
How About
Palestine's Right to Exist? [/FONT]
[FONT="]by Mohamed Hassan [/FONT]
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[FONT="]The Daily Trust[/FONT][FONT="] (Nigeria) [via COMTEX - All Africa Global Media, South Africa]
March 23, 2007 [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]Chiefs With a Double Agenda [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]Aisha Umar Yusuf [/FONT]
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[FONT="]In the words of a Palestinian spokeswoman who was recently interviewed by the BBC, 'When did Israel ever recognise Palestine's right to exist?' Another American Mr Raff Ellis, author of the piece Ten commom myths about Arabs and Israel also raised this issue. He said Israel had never recognised
Palestine's right to exist as an independent state, Israel had always been the attacker in all of its wars with Arabs and that all of its so-called peace offers were not geared towards any genuine peace, that was why they always failed. [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]St. Petersburg Times[/FONT][FONT="] (USA) [Letter]
March 25, 2007
An overused charge
Arthur Hebert, Largo [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]In the Security Council, most of the vetoes cast by the United States dealt with the support of Israel, right or wrong. In the current General Assembly (which represents world opinion without any undemocratic vetoes) there were, according to Blumner, "22 anti-Israel resolutions" that won approval. That magic number merited for the assembly the ubiquitous label of anti-Semitism by Blumner. In our country, the label has been used so often by Zionists against those who support
Palestine's right to exist that the cry of "anti-Semitism" is losing its force, as explained in the book The Politics of Anti-Semitism. Seymour Hersh, professor Norman Finkelstein, professor Noam Chomsky, Amy Goodman and others condemn the political usage of that label. Blumner ignores the occupation of Palestine by Israel, "the only true democracy in the Middle East." Two-thirds of her column defends actions taken by the state of Israel. As for the word, "anti-Semitism," let us all use it judiciously and not in a punitive manner. [/FONT]
[FONT="]The Independent[/FONT][FONT="] (U.K.)
August 22, 2007
Oi! Referee! That footballer's Palestinian!
Mark Steel [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]Even more annoying for the residents of Gaza, for over a year they've been under siege, the hospitals have run out of essential medicines, there's no electricity and hundreds of thousands are trapped there, unable to visit family or complete their education if it means leaving the occupied area. The justification offered often comes down to how Palestinian organisations refuse to recognise Israel's right to exist. Yet the Israelis seem so determined to refuse
Palestine's right to exist that they won't even allow them a football team. So what will they allow?[/FONT]
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[FONT="]The Jewish Chronicle[/FONT][FONT="] (U.K.)
[Excerpting from Mark Steel,
The Independent, August 22, 2007.]
August 31, 2007
What the Papers Said
WE HATED:[/FONT]
[FONT="]"THE ISRAELIS seem so determined to refuse
Palestine's right to exist that they won't even allow them a football team...." [/FONT]
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http://www.zcommunications.org/israels-right-to-exist-by-david-peterson[/FONT]