According to CarolC, "Israel doesn't even acknowlege the existance of Palestinians as people, or their right to exist as a people."

CarolC, that is an outright, baldfaced lie.

Of course Israel recognizes the Palestinian people. Israel participated in negotiations with the Palestinians aimed at the creation of a Palestinian state. Negotiations that Arafat chose not to continue with; instead unleashing the current Intifada and its terrorist murders by suicide bombers.