Actually, yes it does diminish it. In fact it is thusly dismissed as a reactionary Arab political ploy!

Submitted by Daniel (United States), Dec 11, 2011 at 20:53

The Arabs themselves have admitted that the whole idea of Fakestine (a proper name for the lie of a new Arab state in the Jewish homeland) was a political ploy admitted to by the Arabs themselves. The Arabs themselves dismiss the fakestinians and have kicked them out of every Arab country they have been in. It is about time Israel takes a lesson from Jordan and Kuwait and gives them a proper boot out of the Jewish homeland that they deserve. Let them move to the Kingdom of Jordan, as it itself is land that was promised to be part of a Jewish homeland and subsequently occupied by the Arabs and illegally stolen by the British to appease the expelled Hashemite warlords. Give me a break! Pttttt!

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