Netanyahu: Conflict with Palestinians over Recognition, Not Terrritory

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"Israel's" prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed Wednesday that the conflict with the Palestinians is not about territory, rather the Palestinians' refusal to recognize "Israel" as the Jewish homeland.

Netanyahu's words came in response to a modified proposal from the Arab League of swaping lands with the Zionist entity.
Netanyahu has not commented directly on the Arab League's latest initiative, but his words questioned its central tenet - the exchange of land.

The original 2002 Arab initiative offered a comprehensive peace between "Israel" and the AL in exchange for a withdrawal from all territories "Israel" occupied in the 1967 war.
Days ago, the Qatari Emir Hamd Bin Khalifa al-Thani said final borders could be drawn through mutually agreed land swaps.
Speaking on behalf of an Arab League delegation, he cited the possibility of "comparable," mutually agreed and "minor" land swaps between the "Israelis" and
the Palestinians.

"The root of the conflict isn't territorial. It began way before 1967," he told "Israeli" diplomats. "The Palestinians' failure to accept "Israel" as the state of the Jewish people is the root of the conflict. If we reach a peace agreement, I want to know that the conflict won't continue - that the Palestinians won't come later with more demands."

Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org