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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Why should they accept Israels right to exist? I ask in all seriousness. Did it exist before the UN decreed it?

Yes it did.

Was there a referendum of the local councils where all parties had an even stake and state and national borders were agreed to in advance?

No, Israel was mandated by the UN in 1947.

Or has the Palestinian land slowly been shrunk as Israeli control grew?

Would Israel exist as a natural state if the us withdrew its support and allowed boundaries to be re-established based on pre 1947 history?

Invalid question, but based on its military strength probably yes.
In 1995 Israel and the PLO reached the Oslo II agreements and resolved a majority of past issues of conflict. Enter Hamas in 1996 and things begin to devolve.

My issue (and Israel's and many of the Palestinian people's) is with Hamas, an Islamist terrorist group. The blood of innocent civilians in Gaza is on Hamas' hands, not Israel's