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Palestinian Arabs are both practically and morally responsible of their situation.

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Submitted by Isaac Haskiya (Sweden), May 6, 2010 at 07:00

Your comparison, Sir, is not correct. You should listen to Ben Gurion when he proclaimed the State of Israel and extended the hand of peace to the Arabs who chose to slap it instead of shaking it. Not only did they refuse to recognize any Jewish rights on the territory, rights that were older than theirs on such lands they had acquired by the sword from Byzantium and Persia, but they also launched an attack with five armies.

That, Sir, makes all Arabs in the region responsible in every way, practically, morally and above all politically. Signing with my own name.......


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