NEW YORK TIMES
by Caroline Glick
October 17, 2014
When Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven announced his decision to recognize the non-existent state of “Palestine” earlier this month, he inadvertently gave the game away. “A two-state solution requires mutual recognition and a will to peaceful coexistence,” Lofven said. “Sweden will therefore recognize the State of Palestine.”
The Palestinians refuse to recognize or peacefully coexist with the State of Israel. Like his coalition partner Hamas terror master Khaled Mashaal, and despite his sweet talk to Western audiences, P.L.O. chief Mahmoud Abbas has pledged, repeatedly over the decades, that he will never, ever recognize Israel. So when Lofven recognized “Palestine,” he joined the Palestinian campaign to destroy Israel. He used the language of the “two-state solution” to reject the Jewish state.
The former British foreign minister, and Labor member of Parliament, Jack Straw went a step further this week as he addressed his Parliament before its lopsided 274-12 vote to recognize “Palestine.” The vote, he explained, was not about advancing peace. It was a straightforward bid to harm Israel. In his words, “The only thing that the Israeli government…understands is pressure.”…..
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