#418 – Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris

2060.681 - 2099 Mouin Rabbani

So partition, given what we know about Zionism, given that it was entirely predictable what would happen, given the realities on the ground in Palestine, was deeply unjust. And the idea that either the Palestinians or the Arab states could have accepted such a resolution is, I think, an illusion. That was in 1947. We saw what happened in 48 and 49. Palestinian society was essentially destroyed.