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60 years old and still premature

In a sense, today Israel is 60 years old today. The partition plan that split the portion of the Palestine Mandate that hadn't already been lopped off to create Transjordan (now Jordan) into Jewish and Arab sections was approved today.

Infolive.tv sums it up nicely

Sixty years later, Israel is still under threat, and continues to strive for recognition in the Arab world. Israel sixty years later, still suffers from Palestinian initiated violence and terror and still strives to live within secure borders. It appears that despite all negotiations for peace, history once again is repeating itself. As Israel marks the 60th anniversary of the UN Resolution 181, the United Nations declares an official day of solidarity with the Palestinian people.

Yes today is International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people one of those days-whose-name-is -so-loaded-it-must-be-a-creation-of-the-UN. And of course it is celebrated today as a poke in the eye of Israel. However, the Palestinians might want to be careful about the full implications of Resolution 181. Media Backspin notes

The official map of what would have been the UN's Jerusalem district includes the areas of Bethlehem, Maale Adumim, Motza, Shuafat and beyond, far surpassing anything Israelis or Palestinians would now define as "Greater Jerusalem."

Israel Matzav concludes

So when you hear the UN bashing Israel today, just remember that the Arabs could have had their 'Palestinian state' sixty years ago if that's what they really wanted. Of course, it isn't. The 'Palestinians' don't want their own state: They want to destroy the Jewish state and murder all the Jewish inhabitants in the area. We cannot give them that opportunity.

There's an irony now, that even as today is an effort to turn back the clock, this week's Annapolis conference will start a process to provide the Palestinians the deal they could have had seven years, if what they really wanted was a state.

Crossposted on Yourish.

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