Having Been Disappointed Before, Palestinians Say That Declarations Recognizing a Palestinian State Are Likely to Remain Empty Words Unless Backed by Action. 'The World Keeps Selling Us Dreams and Illusions While Children Are Being Killed and Homes Destroyed,' Says a Displaced Gazan Economist
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Having been disappointed before, Palestinians say that declarations recognizing a Palestinian state are likely to remain empty words unless backed by action. 'The world keeps selling us dreams and illusions while children are being killed and homes destroyed,' says a displaced Gazan economist
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