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Indeed, it was their own fault that they left their country at the point of a gun.• Statement of 6 February 1948 Communicated to the Secretary-General by Mr. Isa Nakhleh, Representative of the Arab Higher Committeeet al,
I'm not sure I understand the argument here. Periodically --- there are short-term Arab Palestinians thoughts expressed that they might support a two-State Solution. But, in the long-term, the political positions they consistently return to are:
• Statement of 6 February 1948 Communicated to the Secretary-General by Mr. Isa Nakhleh, Representative of the Arab Higher Committee
A/AC.21/10 16 February 1948
• Khartoum Resolution (1967)
In conclusion, the Arab Higher Committee Delegation wishes to stress the following: (b) The Arabs of Palestine consider that any attempt by the Jews or any power group of powers to establish a Jewish state in Arab territory is an act of aggression which will be resisted in self-defense.
• Palestinian National Covenant, the official charter of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (1968)
NO peace with Israel
NO recognition of Israel
NO negotiations with Israel
• HAMAS Covenant (1988)
Palestine, with the boundaries it had during the British Mandate, is an indivisible territorial unit.
The partition of Palestine in 1947 and the establishment of the state of Israel are entirely illegal, regardless of the passage of time, because they were contrary to the will of the Palestinian people and to their natural right in their homeland, and inconsistent with the principles embodied in the Charter of the United Nations, particularly the right to self-determination.
The Balfour Declaration, the Mandate for Palestine, and everything that has been based upon them, are deemed null and void.
Strategies of the Islamic Resistance Movement: Palestine Is Islamic aqf:
• Hamas’ political thought and stances in light of the Arab uprisings; By Khalid Mishaal (2012)
The Islamic Resistance Movement believes that the land of Palestine is an Islamic Waqf consecrated for future Moslem generations until Judgement Day. It, or any part of it, should not be squandered: it, or any part of it, should not be given up.
First: Hamas’s Vision for the Palestinian Issue
Palestine, from its river to its sea, from its north to its south, is the land of the Palestinians; their homeland, and their legitimate right. We will not relinquish an inch or any part of it -for any reason or under any circumstances and pressures.
Yes, while there are quite short moments in time, when Arab Palestinian Voice (or another) might express some interest in the Two-State Solution, the policy expressed by the Arab Palestinian --- consistently over time --- is that they oppose any such move. For the Arab Palestinian, for nearly, seven decades (1948-2016), is an "All or Nothing" position. Either they get to impose Arab Majority Rule and sovereignty over all the Mandate era Palestine, or they continue the use of force to achieve their political ends.
Most Respectfully,
R
A/AC.21/10 16 February 1948
Mr. Nakhleh was an interesting person.
I first met Issa Nakhleh in the 1980s while he was still busily researching for his two volume "Encyclopedia of the Palestine Problem". I learnt first hand of his personal history, a palestinian, a refugee, a man who had lost everything he had had. His house, his law office, his apartment house in Jerusalem and a banana plantation were, as he describes "usurped by the Zionists and Israeli war criminals ". A man's roots had been cut.
Issa fought all his life for a peaceful resolution to the many problems facing the Palestinian people, who are scattered all over the globe today. In fact, after he told me his personal history, I was surprised how peaceful yet at the same time determined he went after his business of documenting the history of his people, insisting that the political process, including especially the United Nations, should ultimately give the Palestinians back their homeland. Writes Mr. Nakhleh: The greatest Zionist and Israeli crime against me and six million other Palestinians is that they have deprived us of living in our ancestral homeland, Palestine, as citizens of our independent undivided Palestinian State.
Start of: Encyclopedia of the Palestine Problem
I'm afraid the Arab-Moslem psyche is one that is forever consumed with lamenting what they lost due to their own incompetence and ineptitudes, what they couldn't achieve, errors on their part they will insist were and still are the the fault of the Great Satan™, The Zionist Entity™, the kuffar and other assortments of conspirators and co-conspirators.
It's a complete lack of ownership of their own mistakes, a lack of ability to be held accountable and a willingness / need to be the perpetual victim.
You would think that the money supplied by the kuffar which maintains the Pal'istanian welfare fraud would come with conditions. One of those conditions would be that the Arab-Moslem terrorists / whiners go to school in Hong Kong or South Korea and learn how success can be achieved in spite of hardships, with a willingness to succeed... and the lack of a retrograde politico-religious ideology that keeps one forever enslaved.