Palestinians don’t want freedom

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The Palestinians want to be occupied, but not by Israel. Rather, they want to be occupied by people of their own ethnicity and religion.

For decades, Palestinian nationalism has been presented as a struggle for freedom. Give Palestinians sovereignty over Gaza, East Jerusalem, and the West Bank — the proper appellation for this territory is Judea and Samaria — and they will supposedly achieve the “freedom” and “self-determination” they have long sought.

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