The Zionist leaders of 1947 accepted this partition. The war that Hamas began on Oct. 7 was not in pursuit of a future state in which Jews and Arabs would coexist. It was a violent expression of the idea that Mr. Baconi expresses in more polite but nonetheless clear terms, that the presence of Jews in their ancestral and historical homeland is fundamentally illegitimate. Neil SchlugerBronxTo the Editor:Tareq Baconi argues against a two-state solution, considering it a ploy for continued Israeli domination. Yet he fails to articulate an alternative amenable to both Israelis and Palestinians.

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Persons: Tareq Baconi, “, Baconi, Neil Schluger Organizations: Hamas Locations: Jerusalem