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Eliot Engel: “And I would remind the Palestinians that when that happened Israel accepted the partition and declared their state.”

On the recordNovember 28, 2012
And I would remind the Palestinians that when that happened Israel accepted the partition and declared their state.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel recalls Israel's acceptance of the 1947 UN partition plan.

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