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In a March 31, 1977 interview with the Amsterdam-based newspaper Dagblad de Verdieping Trouw, PLO executive committee member Zahir Muhse’in said:

The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct ‘Palestinian people’ to oppose Zionism. For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan

http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/hamas.htm

Anonymous wrote:

In a March 31, 1977 interview with the Amsterdam-based newspaper Dagblad de Verdieping Trouw, PLO executive committee member Zahir Muhse’in said: The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct ‘Palestinian people’ to oppose Zionism. For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan

There is nothing called "the palestinian ppl doesn't exist"  we just got a different name later that's it, the name has changed only, if ppl have a big problem with that name call us whatever u want call us the arabs who are living under the israelis occupation i don't care  but we do exist or we'll be called the arabs who are living under the israeli occupation? or wut? it's such a nonsene to say "palestinian doesn't exist or as so we would say israelis doesn't exist but it's not that u don't exist the issue is that u were called jews and after 1948 u became israelis but it doesn't make any sense to say israelis don't exist don't u think so?
his words doesn't make any sense

ya they were divided each one due to the occupation they had simple really just like anywere else oh please tell me is there any country that was called by the same name that it was called by 5000 years before, was europe divided 5000 years before? and what divide them? their different life different circumistances having a different situation simple really it happens anywhere