Your Associated Press report on Israel’s celebration of her 60th anniversary (May 8) included controversial remarks that beg some clarification. The reference to Israel’s “41-year occupation of Palestinian territories” could be misleading. In the 1967 Mid-East war Israel was attacked by Jordan; as her last resort, Israel repulsed this attack only to find herself willy-nilly in control of Jordanian land — not the land of an Arab Palestinian state that has never existed.
Letter: Arab Palestinians must accept Israel as a Jewish state
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 | 10:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 10:59 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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