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Rich, have you looked at the map of current Arab countries? Tell me they don't have enough land to give to the Palestinians. Aside from Jordan, Arab countries have refused to allow in their Palestinian cousins. The Palestinians are a pawn Arab countries have until recently used to their country's benefit.

I recommend a fascinating interview w/ Gridi Grinstein, a negotiator w/ Israel/PLO and author of his 2023 book, (In)sights: Peacemaking in the Oslo Process.... The link is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PrKK8zv81k

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Thank you for highlighting this interview. I tuned in to it on Monday night. Gidi Grinstein knows the complex history of the region and explains it well. A link to one of his articles was posted during the program as well:

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-statehood-do-it-right/

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Those Arab states have played the Palestinians since 1948. King Hussein kicked the PLO out of Jordan in the 70s.

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Definitely yes and thank you for this. The facts are there, the people who say they want them or just want to have opinions without them, who want them at all, appear to be kind of reticent about dealing with them. The bandwagon effect is inherently ignorant.

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Yes where are their helpful neighbors? Keeping pretty mum.

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