RAMALLAH, March 24, 2014 (WAFA) – Member of the central committee of Fatah Nabil Shaath Monday said the Israeli government’s demand for Palestinians to recognize Israel as a Jewish state is 'the ideological interpretation’ to justify Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian Territory.

Shaath said in a press statement on Monday: “The Israelis want us to recognize that they have not occupied our land; if we recognize the jadishness of Israel then the Israelis will consider this a confirmation from our side that Palestine is their native land,” stressing that this would never happen.

“Such recognition would threaten the right of return and threaten Palestinians living in Israel, which means the withdrawal of their citizenship,” asserted Shaath.

Shaath warned from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent statement in which he said some settlements in the West Bank are mentioned in the Torah, which forces Israel to stay in the West Bank. Shaath described this as “falsification of reality on the ground.”

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