Yes, Netanyahu, Let's Talk About Ethnic Cleansing

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14. Palestinian intolerance. From the end of that article...

Of course, the Israeli government could tell these settlers: “If you can make arrangements with the Palestinian government so you can stay there, as Palestinian citizens (or even as Israeli citizens), by all means do so. ”

Some naïve Israelis say: ”Why not? There are a million and a half Arab citizens in Israel. Why can’t there be some hundreds of thousands of Israeli Jews in Palestine?”

Unlikely. The Arabs in Israel live on their own land, where they have lived for centuries. The settlers live on “expropriated” land, and they have justly earned the hatred of their neighbors. I don’t see how a Palestinian government could allow it.

This is simply racist. The lie that Jews have no right to live in E.Jerusalem, Hebron, or anywhere else in historic Judea/Samaria where Jews had lived for thousands of years. This is why there can't be peace anytime soon. Once it's established that Jews have as much right to live in that part of the world as anyone else - and Palestinian leaders make it clear to their own people that's the case - then there can be peace. Not a moment sooner.