4. Referring to the conflict as the "Jewish-Arab conflict" - which commenced in about 1880 instead of the "Palestinian-Israeli " conflict - which only commenced in 1948.
5. Omitting any reference to the term "State of Palestine" until the provisions of the Montevideo Convention 1934 are complied with.
The world has been duped into the use of language that reflects fiction - not fact. Used often enough it takes on a highly damaging life of its own.
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Erasing such language from the international lexicon is long overdue.
The world's nations need to awaken from their fiction-induced slumber.
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David Singer is an Australian Lawyer, a Foundation Member of the International Analyst Network and Convenor of Jordan is Palestine International - an organisation calling for sovereignty of the West Bank and Gaza to be allocated between Israel and Jordan as the two successor States to the Mandate for Palestine. Previous articles written by him can be found at www.jordanispalestine.blogspot.com.
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