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Accepting a Judenrein Palestine
(Wall Street Journal) Max Singer - In those parts of the Palestinian Mandate occupied by Arab armies in 1948, including the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem, all Jewish residents were removed and Jewish religious sites were systematically destroyed. Far from questioning the morality and justice of the apparent Palestinian demand that their state should be free of Jews, the Western world has accepted the Arab argument that Jewish "settlements" on land that is expected to become part of the Palestinian state are an obstacle to peace. What is the special justification for Palestine, unlike the rest of the world, to be rigorously free of Jews? Why shouldn't Jews live in Palestine as Arabs live in Israel? When Palestine is like a European country, Israel should live with it as European countries live with each other - but that is not now, nor will this peaceful coexistence immediately follow the end of the current peace process. The writer is a founder and senior fellow of the Hudson Institute.