From: churi1
In 1935 the Peel Commission, investigating riots that were to plague the region between the years 1936-39 were calling for an end to the Mandate, and to partition the land into an Arab and a Jewish state. While the Jews had accepted this partition, the Arabs rejected it, refusing to accept it as a solution. The plan was later abandoned and Auni Bey Abdul-Hadi told the commission "There is no such country as 'Palestine'; 'Palestine' is a term the Zionists invented! Palestine is alien to us".
"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." (PLO executive committee member Zahir Muhsein, March 31, 1977, interview with the Dutch newspaper Trouw.)
In 1947 the United Nations voted 33 to 13 (10 absentees) passing Resolution 181 proposing a Jewish and an Arab State. This was accepted with jubilance by the then Jewish Population of Palestine. The Arabs refused. The delegates from the six Arab nations stormed out of the session, threatening not only war, but the annihilation of the Jewish state. They vowed to resist the partition, demanding the entire country for themselves. Haj Amin Al Husseini – Mufti of Jerusalem said "I declare a holy war; my Moslem brothers, murder them all."
In 1948 , the 14th of May (5th day of Iyar, 5708) the State of Israel was finally born and President, Harry S. Truman signed the following memo; "This government has been informed that a Jewish State has been proclaimed in Palestine and recognition has been requested by the provisional Government thereof. The United States recognizes the provisional Government as the de facto authority of the new State of Israel." The fledgling state was attacked by its Arab neighbours' within hours of its independence, and Azzam Pasha, Secretary General of the League said: "This will be a war of extermination and a momentous massacre which will be spoken of like the Mongolian massacres and the Crusades"
In 1967 Israel was again fighting for its survival.
On May 15th Egypt moved troops into the Sinai and by May 25th urged by Egypt, the armies of Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Saudi Arabia moved their troops to Israel's borders. Nasser didn't mince his words when he said "Our basic goal is the destruction of Israel". Far from being destroyed Israel emerged victorious capturing the Sinai, Gaza, The West Bank, parts of the Golan Heights and Jerusalem. Israel offered to negotiate the return of the occupied territory. The Arab conference summit held in Khartoum in September of that year issued the following statement: "No Recognition of Israel, No Peace with Israel, No Negotiations with Israel."
In 1976 Jimmy Carter won 19 out of 31 primaries, defeating Gerald Ford to become The United States 33rd President. In 1979 he would preside over the Egypt-Israel Peace accord which was signed at Camp David. Part of the negotiations involved the Palestinians and the future of the West Bank and Gaza." A five-year period of "transitional autonomy" was proposed. The Palestinians were offered this autonomy by Israel in exchange for peace. This would have eventually led to full statehood. The Palestinians were not willing to recognize Israel and Yasser Arafat said "Let them sign what they like. False peace will not last."
The 1993 Oslo accords, Camp David under Clinton in 2000, Ehud Barak's magnanimous offer in 2001, in which he offered 95% of the so-called West Bank and Gaza to the arabs -- All these negotiations had one purpose; to give the Palestinians a state. And guess what happened? Yep, they refused.
Palestine (Arabic: دولة فلسطين, dawlat filastin)[3] is a state that was proclaimed in exile in Algiers on 15 November 1988, when the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) National Council (PNC) adopted the unilateral Palestinian Declaration of Independence.
At the time of the 1988 declaration, the PLO did not exercise control over any territory,[4] and its claimed territory remains under Israeli occupation.[5] It claims the Palestinian territories[3] and has designated Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine,
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