Karma Nabulsi (In Jerusalem we have the latest chapter in a century of colonialism, 13 December) promotes a narrative that denies the very right of my country to exist within any borders. She endorses violent Arab rejectionism and even considers a Jewish state inside the 1967 lines to be a colonialist implant. These are the very lines often referred to by the Arab League and the Palestinian Authority as a starting point for direct negotiations, which Israel hopes can be resumed.
Nabulsi promulgates a maximalist agenda that has failed the Palestinian people repeatedly, while denying the Jewish people the right to self-determination in any part of our historic homeland. As the UN secretary general, António Guterres, has said, “a modern form of antisemitism is the denial of the right of the state of Israel to exist”.
As long as extremist narratives like the one exemplified by Nabulsi are unthinkingly accepted – namely, that the Jews have no right to a homeland – is it any wonder that Arab-Israeli peacemaking has been so difficult?
Mark Regev
Israel’s ambassador to the UK
