According to Israels Declaration of Independence, Israel was given the right to statehood by U.N. General Assembly Resolution 181 passed on Nov. 29, 1949. That resolution called for TWO states, one Jewish and one Palestinian, with Jerusalem as an international city under U.N. control.
It is thus clear that under Resolution 181 Palestinians are entitled to a state of their own.
Eleven million Palestinians are living as refugees within and out of their homeland, having endured two expulsions from their land, originally in 1948 and again in 1967.
According to a Zogby International Poll published on March 25, 2011, 81 percent of Americans share your view that Israels continuing occupation of Palestine puts U.S. interests in this region, so vital to our economy, at risk.