Why we shouldn’t grant Palestine statehood, part 254.

The logo of “the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations” – on their website and on top of their official statements at the U.N. – shows the Palestinian Authority’s claim to a Palestine that stretches throughout the entire historical entity of the former Palestine mandate.

Absent from the logo is any hint that Palestine consists of anything other than Arab territory. No nod is given even to the U.N.’s 1948 decision to divide the region into Jewish and Arab sectors. As for the shape of Israel by the time it was forced into waging the defensive Six Day war in 1967: irrelevant. The logo illustrates that the Palestinian bid before the U.N. for support of a unilateral declaration of statehood is disingenuous and dangerous.

In short, the Palestine logo suggests that not even 1948 borders are acceptable. Nothing short of the complete elimination of the state of Israel is acceptable. No Jewish sector as established by the UN, no 1967 borders — just the elimination of the state of Israel.

Palestine’s terrorist-ridden government refuses to accept the right of Israel to exist. Its coalition government openly seeks the destruction of the Jewish state. Remind me again why we should grant these people their own state? Why we should grant them additional international privileges? There’s no rational answer to that question other than “we shouldn’t”.