what PLO executive committee member had to say about a Palestinian state.?

Question

you could goggle this quote it you don’t believe me. But i find it unfair that this quote could be in circulation, but no one says a thing about it.


Way back on March 31, 1977, the Dutch newspaper Trouw published an interview with Palestine Liberation Organization executive committee member Zahir Muhsein. Here's what he said:
"The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct "Palestinian people" to oppose Zionism".

“For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan.”

Arafat signed the Declaration of Principles on the White House lawn in 1993, he explained his actions on Jordan TV. Here's what he said: "Since we cannot defeat Israel in war, we do this in stages. We take any and every territory that we can of Palestine, and establish a sovereignty there, and we use it as a springboard to take more. When the time comes, we can get the Arab nations to join us for the final blow against Israel."

Opinions please!!

Opinions please!!

Answer 1

Yep. And I can post literally dozens of other statements by Arab leaders also remarking that Palestine never existed as a separate country and that it was only ever part of Syria.

You are welcome to add me as a contact, and check out a post I submitted today in the Israel forum, under Travel, with some of those statements in them.

Answer 2

Well, first of all if the British & French hadn't had imperial control over the entire Mideast after WW1 & cut it up into countires there wouldn't have been any palestinians or Israelis in the Mideast. They would just be Arabs living in the Mideast and they would have probably created their own borders/nations along tribal/sect lines and there never would have been an Israeli-Palestinian/arab conflict or a war in Iraq, or a 9/11 or a war on terror.

Answer 3

Yes, the so-called "staged plan" by the PLO is to get what can through negotiations, and then take the rest by force.

Zahir Muhsein was being a little too honest when he made that quote.

Answer 4

If palestinians "do no longer exist", then what nationality/lifestyle would you supply to the people who're interior the WB and GS? would not the assertion of human rights state that everyone has the appropriate to have a nationality? nationality provides a feeling of belonging to us people, i think of that if one says that there are not any Palestinian human beings thats saying that hundreds of thousands of people are no longer people, then what are they? aliens? of path no longer!!!