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Source: https://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/the-reckless-fantasy-state/
The Palestinian Fantasy State
(Israel Hayom) Dror Eydar - The idea of a Palestinian state exists only in the European imagination; even the Arabs do not truly believe in it. While Israel recognized the national identity of the Palestinians, they have never recognized the Jews as a people entitled to national self-determination. Before Israel captured Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem in 1967, those territories were controlled by Jordan and Egypt. Why, then, was no Palestinian state established at that time? The answer is that the Palestinians never wanted a state of their own alongside Israel. They only wanted a state instead of Israel. Had the Jews lost the 1948 War of Independence, the Arabs of the region would have slaughtered them as they did on Oct. 7, and then divided the land among themselves - southern Syria, northern Egypt and western Jordan. The writer is a former Israeli ambassador to Italy.