If Israel just allowed the Palestinians to have a state of their own,

there would be peace in the Middle East, right?

That's what you hear from you and ambassadors,

European diplomats, and most college professors.

But what if I told you that Israel has already offered the Palestinians a state of their own?

And not just once, but on five separate occasions.

Don't believe me? Let's review the record.

After the breakup of the Ottoman Empire, following World War I,

Britain took control of most of the Middle East,

including the area that constitutes modern Israel.

17 years later, in 1936, the Arabs rebelled against the British and against the Jewish neighbors.

The British formed a task force, the Peal Commission,

to study the calls of the rebellion.

The commission concluded that the reason for the violence was that two peoples,

Jews and Arabs wanted to govern the same land.

The answer, the Peal Commission concluded,

would be to create two independent states, one for the Jews and one for the Arabs,

a two-state solution.

The suggested split was heavily in favor of the Arabs.

The British offered the 80% of the disputed territory,

the Jews, the remaining 20%,

yet, despite the tiny size of their proposed state,

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