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PrintOctober 4, 2009
Islamic states won't accept a Jewish state
There are 56 Muslim nations in the world. Their umbrella group goes by the official title of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. They're all proudly affix a Muslim membership label to their nationahood.
Some make this also very plain with their own respective official names -- the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
Egypt wants the world to know its exact ethnic identity -- the Arab Republic of Egypt.
And there's a 57th member on the OIC roster -- prematurely designated as the "State of Palestine." Its constitution specificies that Islam is Palestine's official religion.
What they all have in common, when it comes to negotiating an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, is absolute opposition to recognition of Israel as a Jewish state. While formally touting their Muslim or Arab provenance, either as OIC members and/or in their official titles, they insist that Israel must officially ignore its Jewish roots, history and religious provenance if it wants to live at peace with them in the Middle East.
