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The Israeli/Palestinian conflict is perhaps the most complex political issue of our time.
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Many have resorted to simply blaming one side or the other.
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But if we take the time to understand the history and correct our misconceptions a potential
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path forward for the Palestinians begins to emerge.
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So let's start by trying to get the story straight - and clear up 10 of the biggest
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misconceptions out there Misconception #1 - Israel illegally stole
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land from the Palestinians - In 1947, the UN voted to give land to both the Jews and
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the Palestinians. The Jews accepted their partition and legally formed the state of
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Israel. The Palestinians rejected their partition and attacked. Even after losing the war, the
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Arabs still had most of the land from the UN ruling. Which leads us to...
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Misconception #2 - The surrounding Arab nations actually want to create a Palestinian State
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- So after the war the West Bank and Gaza were controlled by Jordan and Egypt...for
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19 years! During that span, those governments never established a Palestinian state. Instead--
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they kept the land for their own use. Misconception #3 The Arab nations want to
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solve the refugee crisis - Palestinians have settled in Arab nations throughout the Middle
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East. These nations could solve the crisis immediately by granting refugees equal rights,
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but instead they refuse to let them vote, own land, or even study in public schools.
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Ironically, The only country to grant them full citizenship rights is Israel which absorbed
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156,000 Arabs after the 1948 war and even today Arabs hold seats in the Israeli government
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and Supreme Court.
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"Misconception #4 UN efforts are helping to solve the refugee crisis - The UN did step
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in to provide assistance to the Palestinian refugees. But instead of using their existing
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agency that helps resettle refugee populations around the world the UN created UNWRA which
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labels every Palestinian as a refugee until a Palestinian state is formed within the borders
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of Israel. This makes it more difficult for Palestinians to thrive in their host countries
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and locks them into perpetual refugee status passing it on to their children, grand-children
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and great-grandchildren swelling the refugee population from 500,000 in 1949 to nearly
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5 million today. As conditions worsened-- the international aid started to pour in--
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which incidentally is
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Misconception #5 - The solution is more money - Really? Western nations have given the Palestinians
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a ton of aid. Even taking inflation into account, they've been given 25x more money per person
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than Europe was given to rebuild after WWII. Where's the stable economy? Where's the improved
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infrastructure? That money sure could have helped, but it was given to some leaders who
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had a different agenda... Which brings us headlong into...
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Misconception #6 - Forming a State is the primary goal of top Palestinian leaders - All
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of this international aid did go to help ease one man's suffering - Yasser Arafat. After
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his death accountants hired by Arafat's own family discovered secret investments worth
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more than 1 billion dollars. That income stream would be threatened if a new state was formed--
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which gives leaders like Arafat-- or Mahmoud Abbas for that matter-- a billion plus reasons
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to never actually sign a peace treaty. Which leads us to
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Misconception #7 - Israel has a true peace partner - in the year 2000 desparate for a
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resolution, the Israelis elected Prime Minister EHud Barak with a mandate to make peace with
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the Palestinians. Barak offered Yasser Arafat 94% of the land he demanded, except Jerusalem.
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Arafat flatly refused. President Clinton blamed the failure of the best chance at peace in
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60 years squarely on Yasser Arafat. Which brings up perhaps the most common misconception
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of all... #8 - Israel just needs to give up land for
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peace - The last time Israel tried this was in 2005. They forced thousands of Jewish settlers
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out of Gaza and in exchange the Palestinian leaders promised peace. But when the Israelis
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moved out, the Palestinians voted Hamas in. Yep- they elected a terrorist organization
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who -- since taking power-- has fired more than 10,000 rockets into Israel. Surprised?
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Then you've probably bought into-- Misconception #9 - Most Palestinians want
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a lasting peace with Israel. Some Palestinians do, but they are a minority. For 60 years
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Palestinian educational leaders have fed their children a steady diet of hate. Idolizing
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suicide bombers and celebrating death, right in the classroom. And finally...
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Misconception #10 - Giving the Palestinians a state now is the only solution to their
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suffering. This has been the only approach tried for the last 60 years. But these are
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people we're talking about, and waiting until they have a state to give them equal rights
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has only made things worse. Currently, Israel is the only nation to grant full rights to
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the Palestinians within their borders, but by granting them equal rights in every nation
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where they live, we could immediately increase the quality of life for every Palestinian.
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Let's be honest. These Misconceptions have concealed potential solutions. When we take
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time to clear up confusion and face reality, we begin to uncover the truth and that's
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when real progress towards justice can begin.
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The Israeli/Palestinian conflict is perhaps the most complex political issue of our time.Many have resorted to simply blaming one side or the other.But if we take the time to understand the history and correct our misconceptions a potential

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