OPINION:
Jonathan Feldstein’s recent op-ed, “What to do with the ’Palestinians,’” (Web, Feb. 3), addresses an issue I’ve never seen or heard discussed by the mainstream media. The issue is the existence of not Israel, but a country called Palestine, which has apparently never existed.
According to Feldstein, the increase in Arab population in that area of the Middle East is predominately a consequence of the Jewish development there and the subsequent creation of Israel with its many opportunities for financial gain. The direct implication — which I had never before considered — is that you can’t just bring a bunch of people together and declare them a “state.” And that goes a long way in explaining why the “two-state solution” has never succeeded. There are not two states. There is one: Israel.
JERRY O’SHAUGNESSY
Vienna, Virginia
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