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You put the word "ignorant" in quotes, but you weren't quoting me. I didn't use the word!

There were boundaries in 1948. They were smaller than the pre-1967 lines. Israel accepted them, all the Arab nations rejected, and then they invaded Israel. Miraculously, the Arabs lost to a much more poorly armed and equipped foe, largely relying on cast-off WW1 and WW2 leftover military hardware. Then we had the "pre-1967" borders. 1967 was a replay. Jordan and Egypt lost Samaria, Judea, and Gaza, and then relinquished claim to them both. They also refused citizenship to Arabs displaced as a result of their war, who are now known as "Palestinian refugees." Israel and the PA were to negotiate about the final status of the border line between Israel and the nascent Palestinian state.

You put the word "ignorant" in quotes, but you weren't quoting me."

You are correct, I simply summarized my assessment of your statement.

I have read soooo much about Israel in the last two years and have concluded that it is a convaluted mess filled with countless mandates by a variety of world entities. I did a search here for that one clear, anti-biased, fact-filled article that got deleted, but I couldn't find it.

I don't recall ever having read that Israel and the PA were to negotiate their own borders though. That is very interesting (and I liked that word "nascent" -- had to look it up, but it's impressive.)