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Source: http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=10902
Abbas' Opposition to Recognition of Israel as a Jewish State: Strategic Implications
(Institute for National Security Studies) Col. Dr. (ret.) Shmuel Even - While in 1993 Israel recognized the PLO as the representative of the Palestinian people, Mahmoud Abbas does not recognize Israel as a Jewish state. This position has profound significance for the negotiations on a permanent settlement, because it means Palestinian advocacy of an independent Palestinian state next to a bi-national (Jewish-Palestinian) Israel, in contrast to a solution of two states for two peoples. The writer became a senior research fellow at INSS following a long career in the IDF's Intelligence Branch.