Should the Palestinian government recognize Israel as a nation?

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    6/16/2008 11:22:40 AM

    The wording of this question is a little tricky, as the central problem of Palestinians is their unwillingness to recognize Israel as a Jewish state. As far as I understand Palestinians have no problem recognizing existence of an Israeli nation. It is the requirements that Israel has to be Jewish state that they oppose, since that would automatically preclude the repatriation of the Palestinian refugees.

    6/12/2008 11:46:48 AM

    Set as news: False

    5/15/2008 12:45:26 PM

    Set as news: True

    4/4/2007 5:00:42 PM

    Better way to phrase it, I agree. And great issue. I say we get it up and approved.

    2/8/2007 10:51:53 PM

    Is it better as should or will, or not at all.

    11/28/2006 4:44:49 PM

    issue revision:

    Should the Palestinian government recognize Israel as a nation?
    Will Palestinians ever recognize Israel's right to exist?
    Yes
    No

    11/28/2006 4:44:38 PM

    I am such a little framer.  Let's see how it plays out here...

    7/22/2006 10:42:39 AM

    i think we need to delete "ever" as well as "right to" they imply a bias. i'm also not convinced that the futuristic "will" question is that interesting. I prefer a debate over whether Palestine SHOULD recognize Israel. how about: Should the Palestinian government recognize Israel as a nation?

    7/9/2006 10:03:57 PM

    This is really central to the middle east. Lets approve this.

    6/27/2006 11:10:21 PM

    issue revision:

    Will the Palestinian government ever recognize Israel's right to exist?
    Will Palestinians ever recognize Israel's right to exist?
    Yes
    No

    6/27/2006 8:55:49 PM

    it's unclear whether this is asking about the palestinian government or palestinian people. I think the former would be more relevant than the latter.