Muhammad Zunair
1 min readMay 21, 2021

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Supporting Arguments for three demands:

1) Without Pre-1967 territorial arrangements, the existence of a free and sovereign Palestine state is impossible. Israel must withdraw its illegal settlements from the West Bank and Eastern Jerusalem. Moreover, those territories, annexed by Israel after the 1967 War, should be returned to the Palestinian state as Israel cannot occupy and inhabit them in accordance with International law.

2) Without recognition from Western and European countries, Palestinians will continue to suffer from Israeli-sponsored propaganda and pro-Israeli rhetoric. Not to mention, the consistent threat of an aggressive neighbor will continue to haunt them.

3) For the sake of argument, let's assume Jerusalem goes to Israel. Both Western and Eastern parts. Will the Israeli state provide Muslims and Christians fair opportunities to visit their holy places, while protecting their sanctity? I highly doubt it. On the other hand, when Muslims captured Jerusalem in the 7th century, they agreed to allow Jews to visit their holy places and during Ottoman Era, they were provided even more privileges. Contrarily, it was the Crusaders who expelled and massacred Muslims and Jews alike as soon as they took control of the city. Thus, if we are taking precedents from history, Muslims will not only protect the sanctity of the holy places of Jews and Christians but will also provide them unrestricted access to visit these holy places.

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Muhammad Zunair
Muhammad Zunair

Written by Muhammad Zunair

27-year old child -- trying to exist amid this chaos by penning down his thoughts on philosophy, psychology, history & an eclectic mix of topics.

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