Social Studies

Peled said, "Why not tell the truth... That this and similar tragedies are taking place because we are occupying another nation and that in order to save lives the right thing to do is to end the occupation and negotiate a just peace with our Palestinian partners? Summarize why Miko Peled is advocating the dismantling of the state of Israel? What the logic behind his assertion? Miko Peled, an Israeli-American activist, author, and karate instructor, advocates for the dismantling of the state of Israel due to his belief that it is an apartheid state 1 .  He asserts that Israel’s intent from the very beginning was not to live with the Palestinians, but to destroy and get rid of them 2 .  He believes that a single-state solution is closer than many people think because of the changing mindsets of many Israelis, American Jews, and Holocaust survivors 1 . Peled’s views are influenced by his personal experiences and family history. His father, Mattityahu Peled, was a general in the Six-

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