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As it was just the 50th anniversary of the Six Day War, I think it's appropriate to reflect on the following:
A Palestinian Christian lawyer from Ramallah and originally from Jaffa, Aziz Shehadeh, proposed the creation of a Palestinian state out of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the days following the Six Day War, and he approached two Israeli reserve officers (Dan Bavly and Dave Kimche) to discuss the subject in more detail. Most Israelis, including the political and military leaders at the time, were too flush from victory over the Arabs to even consider such matters. Had that plan been successful, Middle Eastern (and world) history would have been different.
What are your thoughts? Would success with Shehadeh's plan have forestalled much of the Palestinian terrorism that has plagued Israel for many decades now?