Israel Should Walk Tall: Recognizing "Right to Exist" Small Consolation & Misguided

Submitted by Robert Vivalet (United States), Jul 5, 2006 at 10:35

Likewise, a la Begin, Abba Eban said:

"Nobody does Israel any service by proclaiming its 'right to exist.' Israel's right to exist, like that of the United States, Saudi Arabia and 152 other states, is axiomatic and unreserved. Israel's legitimacy is not suspended in midair awaiting acknowledgement.... There is certainly no other state, big or small, young or old, that would consider mere recognition of its 'right to exist' a favor, or a negotiable concession."

— Abba Eban, New York Times, (November 18, 1981)

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