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Eliot Engel: “The Palestinians' refusal to recognize Israel as a state for the Jewish people with equal rights for all its citizens is…”

On the recordJuly 5, 2016
The Palestinians' refusal to recognize Israel as a state for the Jewish people with equal rights for all its citizens is one of the main reasons there is no Palestinian state today.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Claim that Palestinian recognition of Israel is essential for statehood.

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