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Recognize Israel to Achieve Peace
(Chicago Sun-Times) Steve Huntley - The Palestinians are refusing in peace negotiations to recognize Israel as the Jewish state, but they never seem to have an issue with the Jewish nature of Israel when denouncing it. In an interview last year, Abbas referred to Israel as "the Zionist entity." The word "Zionist" is an expression of Jewish nationalism. Nor do Palestinians have any trouble acknowledging the Jewish heart of Israel in their terrorism. Rockets are aimed at Jewish towns but not Arab ones. It's only when it comes to making peace that Abbas and the Palestinians have a problem admitting that Israel is the Jewish state. The Palestinian-Israeli conflict will end only when the Arab and Muslim world truly wants it to end and recognizes the permanence of the Jewish homeland.