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This article is BS

Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

There is literally no other context in which a country's "right to exist" is asserted than the state of Israel. Isolated historical quotes about the Basques and the Kurds don't change this. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 18:34, 2 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

In terms of history, the quotes about Armenia and Greece were probably more influential, since they ended up getting their own states. I'd consider the quotes about the Palestinians and North Korea to have contemporary relevance, or at least relevance to recent history. Clarinetguy097 (talk) 15:35, 8 August 2026 (UTC)Reply