Again, a country's "right to exist" is a silly, meaningless concept. Countries have the military power to exist, or the economic stability to exist, or perhaps are so geographically insignificant that nobody cares if they exist, but they don't have a "right" to exist. And certainly not a right to be as unjust as they want to be in pursuit of that existence.
Netanyahu has made it clear several times (including long before October 7th) that there will be no Palestinian state while he is prime minister. Likud's election platform claimed that "between the Sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty." Where is the condemnation for Israel's refusal to acknowledge Palestine's "right to exist"? Where is the FIRM commitment to "rooting out" any people within the ranks of the Israeli government who've spouted openly genocidal rhetoric after and before October 7th? Where is the commitment to stopping the illegal and terroristic settlements that Netanyahu has refused to address on numerous occasions and which the IDF openly supports? The double standards on points like these are infuriating.
But to your request, the State of Palestine stated at least as far back as 2016 that they would accept the terms of the Peaceful resolution I refer to in the article.
"The resolution ‘Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine’ constitutes a longstanding contribution by the General Assembly towards justly, comprehensively and peacefully resolving the question of Palestine based on international law and the relevant United Nations resolutions.
The resolution continues to receive overwhelming support, reaffirming the global consensus calling for Israel’s complete withdrawal from the Palestinian territory occupied since June 1967, including East Jerusalem; achievement of the two-State solution of an independent, sovereign, contiguous State of Palestine, living side by side with Israel in peace and security within recognized borders based on the pre-1967 borders; and a just solution for the Palestine refugees based on resolution 194.
This consensus reflects the long-held position of the Palestinian people and leadership, since formal acceptance of the two-State solution in the 1988 Declaration of Independence of the State of Palestine."
Again, I don't trust Hamas. My position has always been that neither Netanyahu nor Hamas can be trusted to mediate a just peace. So at the very least, any peace agreement would have to be carefully overseen and rigorously upheld by the UN (with all the attendant problems of depending on the UN for anything). But let's stop pretending that Hamas, or any other Palestinian government, have been the only obstacle to peace. Indeed, Hamas only exists because of Netanyahu's attempts to derail a Palestinian government that was far more disposed to peace than Hamas are.
And this isn't about a lost war. This is an incredibly simplistic and biased framing. This is about a violent invasion 76 years ago that Palestinians understandably refuse to accept. ~750,000 of them were driven from land they'd been living on for generations in 1948, countless more killed. Many of the children of those refugees are still refugees today. And there is no "Muslim State" for them to go to. So what are they supposed to do? Die? Eke out a living in the scraps of land Israel has deigned to allow them to live in under blockade and military occupation? Land that Israel has then steadily gone about stealing?
If Iran somehow invaded Alaska and declared it to be a Muslim state, driving hundreds of thousands of Alaskans out and killing thousand more, how long do you think it would be reasonable for the U.S. to fight back before "getting over it"? How long do you think it would take before you recognised this new state's "right to exist"? Or better yet, swap out Alaska for your home state.
Your proposal is total capitulation to illegal, and unfair terms by an invading force. I don't blame any human being for refusing this. Obviously compromise will be necessary from the Palestinians if peace is to be achieved. But I can't help but notice how you "I'm not really a strong supporter of Israel" folks never demand the same degree of compromise or commitment to peace from Israel.
