This letter appears in the Daily Telegraph today, 21 January 2025
Colonel D P Dunseath (Letters, January 20) says that Hamas exists because of the Palestinians' sense of grievance at not having a viable and independent state . But the last thing Hamas wants is a two-state solution, since one of the states would be Israel. Its aim is to eliminate Israel and create a Jew-free Palestine "from the river to the sea".
The stumbling block to peace in the region has always been rejection by Palestinian leaders of Israel's right to exist (endorsed by UN Resolution 181 in 1947). That is why the numerous peace negotiations over the years have failed. Once it is accepted that Israel is here to stay (as it has been by the Abraham Accord Arab states), a peace accommodation would easily follow.
Neville Teller
Beit Shemesh
Israel
Published in the Daily Telegraph, 21 January 2025:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2025/01/20/letters-labour-government-relationship-donald-trump/
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