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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

US Urges Acceptance of Israel


The United States has voiced support for Israel's claim of existence saying this has to be accepted by the Palestinians as well.

The Middle East should "accept the existence of Israel as homeland of Jewish people," the US State Department spokesman, Philip Crowley said on Tuesday, Israeli website Ynetnews reported.

Israel fabricated its existence in 1948 during the Six-Day War against the Arab world, forcing 711,000 Palestinians to leave their homeland. 2008 estimates put the number of Palestinian refugees at over 4.6 million.

In 1967, Tel Aviv went on to annex the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East al-Quds (Jerusalem). The move is considered illegal under international laws.'

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