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On the anniversary of what the Palestinians refer to as the Nakba, or “catastrophe,” senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat says the key to peace is for Israel to recognize the Nakba and “the horrors that befell us in 1948.” Read more.
Head Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Erekat, writes:
"Palestine has recognized Israel’s right to exist since 1988. We are not asking for Hebrew not to be an official language or Jewish holidays not to be official holidays. The character of Israel is not for us to define.
But we will not allow any Palestinian to be portrayed as the immigrant or intruder in his or her own land. We were here in 1948: We were here for centuries before that – Muslims, Christians and Jews – all Palestinians. The concept of an exclusively Jewish state naturally entails the denial of the Nakba. It tells us: “This is our land. You were on it illegally, temporarily, by mistake.” It is a way of asking us to deny the existence of our people and the horrors that befell them in 1948. No people should be asked to do that.”