In 1978, young Benjamin Netanyahu (then known as Ben Nitay) was asked, “Do the Palestinians have a right to a separate state?”
Netanyahu replied, “The Palestinians themselves, in the Palestinian National Covenant, state that the people of Palestine ‘are part of the Arab nation.’
The Arab nation has 21 states, an area roughly the size of the United States, and one-sixth of the entire world’s wealth. Now, add to that the fact that there already exists a Palestinian state, and that is Jordan, 60% of whose population is Palestinian. It is quite interesting that Yasser Arafat and King Hussein, who are bitter enemies, agree on one thing: that Jordan is a Palestinian state.
So, what we’re talking about is a demand for a 22nd Arab state and a second Palestinian state.”
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