Dubai Security Chief: Independent Palestinian State would be ’Another Failed Arab State’!

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Dubai Emirate's Head of General Security, Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, stated that Palestinians should abandon their aspiration for an independent state and merge with "Israelis" in a united, bi-national state instead.

In a series of remarks published on his Twitter account Monday afternoon, Tamim attempted to garner support for his idea, claiming that a Palestinian state led by Arabs would join the list of failed states in the Arab world.

According to Tamim, the dream of such a state will never come true, since ""Israel" will only recognize Palestine if Palestinians become part of it."

Tamim controversially stated: "I suggest relinquishing the idea of a Palestinian state and being satisfied with an "Israeli" state that would include both "Israelis" and Palestinians and join the Arab League."

"Today, the Jews are heading the world's economy, without the Jews you Arabs would not have known how to deposit your money in the bank," Tamim continued.

In light of what he described as Arab incompetence in running a state and the distinguished economic talents of Jews, Tamim claimed that a joint "Jewish-Palestinian state" will only "prosper under "Israeli" leadership."

In another tweet that spurred controversy, Tamim wrote: "We should not treat Jews as our enemies. We should treat them as cousins with whom we have a controversy over land inheritance."

In order to test the feasibility of his idea, Tamim asked his Twitter followers if they think Palestinians and Jews can live together in an "Israeli"-ruled state. Not surprisingly, 57 percent of the followers answered that "Jews have no place in our country."

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team