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After the June 1967 war, Egyptian spokesman Mohammed H. el-Zayyat stated that Cairo had accepted Israel's right to exist since the signing of the [[1949 Armistice Agreements|Egyptian–Israeli armistice]] in 1949.{{cite book |last=Whetten |first=Lawrence L.|title=The Canal War: Four-Power Conflict in the Middle East|url=https://archive.org/details/canalwarfourpowe00llwh |url-access=registration |publisher=MIT Press|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|year=1974|isbn=0-262-23069-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/canalwarfourpowe00llwh/page/51 51]}} He added that this did not imply [[Diplomatic recognition|recognition]] of Israel. In September, the Arab leaders adopted a hardline "three nos" position in the [[Khartoum Resolution]]: No peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, and no negotiations with Israel.{{cite web|title=Khartoum Resolution|url=http://www.cfr.org/international-peace-and-security/khartoum-resolution/p14841?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fpublication_list%3Ftype%3Dessential_document%26page%3D69|publisher=[[Council on Foreign Relations]]|access-date=7 June 2012|quote=The Khartoum Resolution passed by the Arab League in the wake of the 1967 war is famous for the "Three Nos" articulated in the third paragraph: No peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, and no negotiations with Israel.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520124345/http://www.cfr.org/international-peace-and-security/khartoum-resolution/p14841?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fpublication_list%3Ftype%3Dessential_document%26page%3D69|archive-date=20 May 2012}} But in November, Egypt accepted [[UN Security Council Resolution 242]], which implied acceptance of Israel's right to exist. At the same time, Nasser urged [[Yasser Arafat]] and other Palestinian leaders to reject the resolution. "You must be our irresponsible arm," he said.Alexander, Anne, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=CRbNAZFfggwC&pg=PA150 Nasser]'', p. 150. {{ISBN|1-904341-83-7}}. King Hussein of Jordan also acknowledged that Israel had a right to exist at this time.Dennon, Leon, "Key to Peace in Mideast", ''Owosso Argus-Press'', 25 November 1967. Meanwhile, Syria rejected Resolution 242, saying that it, "refers to Israel's right to exist and it ignores the right of the [Palestinian] refugees to return to their homes."Lukacs, Yehuda, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Mv8R-o_b0acC Israel, Jordan, and the Peace Process] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200105063359/https://books.google.com/books?id=Mv8R-o_b0acC&dq= |date=5 January 2020 }}'', 1999. Syracuse University Press, pp. 98–99.
After the June 1967 war, Egyptian spokesman Mohammed H. el-Zayyat stated that Cairo had accepted Israel's right to exist since the signing of the [[1949 Armistice Agreements|Egyptian–Israeli armistice]] in 1949.{{cite book |last=Whetten |first=Lawrence L.|title=The Canal War: Four-Power Conflict in the Middle East|url=https://archive.org/details/canalwarfourpowe00llwh |url-access=registration |publisher=MIT Press|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|year=1974|isbn=0-262-23069-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/canalwarfourpowe00llwh/page/51 51]}} He added that this did not imply [[Diplomatic recognition|recognition]] of Israel. In September, the Arab leaders adopted a hardline "three nos" position in the [[Khartoum Resolution]]: No peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, and no negotiations with Israel.{{cite web|title=Khartoum Resolution|url=http://www.cfr.org/international-peace-and-security/khartoum-resolution/p14841?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fpublication_list%3Ftype%3Dessential_document%26page%3D69|publisher=[[Council on Foreign Relations]]|access-date=7 June 2012|quote=The Khartoum Resolution passed by the Arab League in the wake of the 1967 war is famous for the "Three Nos" articulated in the third paragraph: No peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, and no negotiations with Israel.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520124345/http://www.cfr.org/international-peace-and-security/khartoum-resolution/p14841?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fpublication_list%3Ftype%3Dessential_document%26page%3D69|archive-date=20 May 2012}} But in November, Egypt accepted [[UN Security Council Resolution 242]], which implied acceptance of Israel's right to exist. At the same time, Nasser urged [[Yasser Arafat]] and other Palestinian leaders to reject the resolution. "You must be our irresponsible arm," he said.Alexander, Anne, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=CRbNAZFfggwC&pg=PA150 Nasser]'', p. 150. {{ISBN|1-904341-83-7}}. King Hussein of Jordan also acknowledged that Israel had a right to exist at this time.Dennon, Leon, "Key to Peace in Mideast", ''Owosso Argus-Press'', 25 November 1967. Meanwhile, Syria rejected Resolution 242, saying that it, "refers to Israel's right to exist and it ignores the right of the [Palestinian] refugees to return to their homes."Lukacs, Yehuda, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Mv8R-o_b0acC Israel, Jordan, and the Peace Process] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200105063359/https://books.google.com/books?id=Mv8R-o_b0acC&dq= |date=5 January 2020 }}'', 1999. Syracuse University Press, pp. 98–99.


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Upon assuming the [[Prime Minister of Israel|premier]]ship in 1977, [[Menachem Begin]] spoke as follows: "Our right to exist—have you ever heard of such a thing? Would it enter the mind of any Briton or Frenchman, Belgian or Dutchman, Hungarian or Bulgarian, Russian or American, to request for its people recognition of its right to exist? ... Mr. Speaker: From the Knesset of Israel, I say to the world, our very existence per se is our right to exist!"[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Foreign%20Relations/Israels%20Foreign%20Relations%20since%201947/1977-1979/1%20Statement%20to%20the%20%20Knesset%20by%20Prime%20Minister%20Begi Statement to the Knesset by Prime Minister Begin upon the presentation of his government, June 20, 1977] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829072200/http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Foreign%20Relations/Israels%20Foreign%20Relations%20since%201947/1977-1979/1%20Statement%20to%20the%20%20Knesset%20by%20Prime%20Minister%20Begi |date=29 August 2018 }}", Volumes 4–5: 1977–1979, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Upon assuming the [[Prime Minister of Israel|premier]]ship in 1977, [[Menachem Begin]] spoke as follows:
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Our right to exist—have you ever heard of such a thing? Would it enter the mind of any Briton or Frenchman, Belgian or Dutchman, Hungarian or Bulgarian, Russian or American, to request for its people recognition of its right to exist? ... Mr. Speaker: From the Knesset of Israel, I say to the world, our very existence per se is our right to exist!"[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Foreign%20Relations/Israels%20Foreign%20Relations%20since%201947/1977-1979/1%20Statement%20to%20the%20%20Knesset%20by%20Prime%20Minister%20Begi Statement to the Knesset by Prime Minister Begin upon the presentation of his government, June 20, 1977] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829072200/http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Foreign%20Relations/Israels%20Foreign%20Relations%20since%201947/1977-1979/1%20Statement%20to%20the%20%20Knesset%20by%20Prime%20Minister%20Begi |date=29 August 2018 }}", Volumes 4–5: 1977–1979, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.


As reported by ''[[The New York Times]]'', in 1988 [[Yasser Arafat]] pledged that the PLO would strive for a comprehensive settlement based on [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 242|UN Security Council Resolutions 242]] and [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 338|338]], and that such a settlement would guarantee "the right to exist in peace and security for all".{{cite news |author=Paul Lewis |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/14/world/arafat-in-geneva-calls-on-israelis-to-join-in-talks.html?src=pm |title=Arafat, In Geneva, Calls on Israelis To Join in Talks |work=The New York Times |date=14 December 1988 |access-date=2012-10-12 |archive-date=2016-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106232125/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/14/world/arafat-in-geneva-calls-on-israelis-to-join-in-talks.html?src=pm |url-status=live }} In June 2009, US president [[Barack Obama]] said "Israelis must acknowledge that just as Israel's right to exist cannot be denied, neither can Palestine's."{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8083107.stm |title=Middle East | Obama on Israeli-Palestinian 'stalemate' |publisher=BBC News |date=4 June 2009 |access-date=2012-01-21 |archive-date=2015-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225114047/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8083107.stm |url-status=live }}
As reported by ''[[The New York Times]]'', in 1988 [[Yasser Arafat]] pledged that the PLO would strive for a comprehensive settlement based on [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 242|UN Security Council Resolutions 242]] and [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 338|338]], and that such a settlement would guarantee "the right to exist in peace and security for all".{{cite news |author=Paul Lewis |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/14/world/arafat-in-geneva-calls-on-israelis-to-join-in-talks.html?src=pm |title=Arafat, In Geneva, Calls on Israelis To Join in Talks |work=The New York Times |date=14 December 1988 |access-date=2012-10-12 |archive-date=2016-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106232125/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/14/world/arafat-in-geneva-calls-on-israelis-to-join-in-talks.html?src=pm |url-status=live }} In June 2009, US president [[Barack Obama]] said "Israelis must acknowledge that just as Israel's right to exist cannot be denied, neither can Palestine's."{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8083107.stm |title=Middle East | Obama on Israeli-Palestinian 'stalemate' |publisher=BBC News |date=4 June 2009 |access-date=2012-01-21 |archive-date=2015-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225114047/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8083107.stm |url-status=live }}
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