If you’ve seen an up-dated map of the West Bank that shows the areas lived in/controlled by Israel/Israelis you can understand that Israel has never intended for it to be “Nation of Palestine.” There are upwards of 600,000 Israelis there now and the Palis are rapidly coming to a crossroads: either swear allegiance to Israel or get the flock someplace else-—like where you came from. The only thing that’s really changed about Ben is his pointing out that the Palis have proved they can’t handle it and that they have some actual choices to make other than chanting “death to Israel.”
Yep. The real “Nation of Palestine” was supposed to be Jordan (Transjordan), much smaller than what is now Jordan while Israel was supposed to be much larger. But the arabs didn’t like that! We all know that there is no such thing as Palestinians, the name being usurped from the Jews who traditionally comprised the land of Palestine.