The establishment of Israel is seen by many Palestinians as unjust due to ethnic cleansing efforts aimed at creating a Jewish majority in Palestine. Most Palestinians may accept Israel's existence but not its historical legitimacy. Experiences of discrimination at checkpoints emphasize this view. Despite past efforts like the Oslo process, which initially gained support among Palestinians for statehood, there remains a significant rejection of the concept of Jewish supremacy in Palestine rooted in broader post-colonial perspectives.
The establishment of the state of Israel occurred through massive, deliberate and purposeful ethnic cleansing designed to create a Jewish majority in historic Palestine.
Deep down, most Palestinians, though ready to accept Israel's existence, have not accepted its historical legitimacy... No amount of German or western guilt over the Holocaust would make accept the idea that Jewish supremacy in Palestine was somehow desirable.
At its height in 1995, the Oslo process, which was supposed to produce a Palestinian state, commanded the support of two-thirds of Palestinians.
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