An Unprecedented Palestinian Demand: No Jews Allowed
In every comparable case, settlers have been allowed to remain.
September 19, 2016
In every comparable case, settlers have been allowed to remain.
Last week, Benjamin Netanyahu referred to the Palestinian demand that a future Palestinian state be free of Jews as a call for “ethnic cleansing,” thereby causing a stir. Examining similar situations from the present and recent past, Eugene Kontorovich notes that this demand, whatever name one gives to it, is entirely without precedent:
In every comparable case, settlers have been allowed to remain.
No cause for celebration.
A unique bond with the Jewish state.
First and foremost was his fanatical anti-Semitism.
It looked a lot like anti-Semitism.
Last week, Benjamin Netanyahu referred to the Palestinian demand that a future Palestinian state be free of Jews as a call for “ethnic cleansing,” thereby causing a stir. Examining similar situations from the present and recent past, Eugene Kontorovich notes that this demand, whatever name one gives to it, is entirely without precedent:
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