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Demands that Underpin an Israel-Palestine Peace Deal
(Telegraph-UK) Damien McElroy - To present a deal to its voters in a referendum, Israel must secure Palestinian agreement for recognition of the Jewish state as an integral part of the Middle East. The history of modern Israel is rooted in the homecoming of a religious community to a land where their faith began. But Arabs and Muslims have never formally reconciled with that historic development. Israel needs to erase the Palestinian quest for the right of return by refugees from the fighting that accompanied the establishment of the Israeli state in 1948. Slices of land with Jewish settlements will be retained by Israel. In addition, the Palestinian state will be largely demilitarized and obliged to cooperate heavily with Israeli security forces.