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Very good question; and it goes right into the core of the conflict. That being: the conflict is not about occupation; rather the occupation is a result of the conflict. Please bear with me. It is important to note that in 1967 the PLO was specific in saying that Judea and Samara (which TransJordan renamed to "the West Bank") and Gaza were not part of the "ancient Palestinian state". At the time the PLO clearly stated the borders of Israel pre 1967 were "Palestine". Since 68 this definition has changed to include regions captured by Israel in the 1967 defensive war. You will also be aware that after the 1967 war Israel made military history by offering to return strategic territory captured from aggressive (and openly genocidal) enemies in return for nothing but a peace deal; to which the Arab world replied with the famous three No’s. (No Peace, Recognition of Israel or Negotiations). This aim of destroying Israel remains and it is openly talked about by the Hamas. So in essence the answer is two pronged: 1) In general, “ending the occupation of Palestine” to the western world means establishing a (second) Arab Palestinian country in the "West Bank" and Gaza. 2) In general, “ending the occupation of Palestine” to the Arab world means the destruction of Israel. Best wishes. (Edited word order)
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But here are a fact or two. When the State of Israel was reborn in 1948, the "Palestinians" did not exist yet; the Arabs had still not discovered that "ancient" people. They were too busy with the purpose of annihilating the new Sovereign State and did not intend to create any Palestinian entity, but only to distribute the land among the already existing Arab states. They were defeated. They attempted again to destroy Israel in 1967, and were humiliated in only six days, in which they lost the lands that they had usurped in 1948. In those 19 years of Arab occupation of Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip, neither Jordan nor Egypt suggested to create a "Palestinian" state, since the still non-existing Palestinians would have never claimed their alleged right to have their own state... Paradoxically, during the British Mandate, it was not any Arab group, but the Jews that were known as "Palestinians"!
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