• kbotc@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The PLO popularized it… At a time where their explicit goals were “expel the Jews and create an Arab ethnostate in its place.”

    Maybe using the political rallying cry of the pre-Oslo Accord PLO shouldn’t be where you start your “No, we really just want peace and a country where Jews and Arabs can live in harmony considering the stance of the people who made the statement was “Jews have no home in Palestine”

    • neeshie@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I mean that’s just wrong. The stance of the PLO in 1964 was we want a palestinian state, jews of palestinian origin are also palestinian and should be included. This was changed in 1968 to jews who lived in palestine before the invasion are palestinian