Trying to sidestep the whole sprawling mess that is the Israel-Palestine issue and just asking about one specific particular thing:
AIUI, most Palestinians just want their own independent Palestine nation. But there are a few who hold the argument that “Israel’s coming-into-existence in 1947 was an illegal seizure of our land, therefore, Israel has no right to exist, and ought to vanish into thin air,” right?
Is that a fair assessment of how these (few) think? If so, is that a case of a “technically logical, but practically un-doable” stance?
The existence of Israel is about as legal as any modern country. It was approved by the U.N. over the objections of others, and there is really no court that has appropriate jurisdiction to declare otherwise. As a practical matter, they stand ready to, and are quite capable of, defending their country. Possibly with nuclear weapons if necessary.
It’s technically logical if you buy the premise, which if this thread doesn’t die a quick death will probably attract multiple pages of dueling cites and bloviation as folks argue over it for the nth time.
But it’s undoable yes, as well as morally untenable IMO. I’m not entirely sure what you expect from this thread.
Right - not getting into that whole mess, as stipulated in OP.
Just asking if it is true that indeed, a sizable minority of Palestinians think this way - that they still want Israel to vanish from existence.
Let’s posit for a moment the creation of Israel was illegal, so what? It’s currently enjoying an existence as a modern state. It’s people have been living there for decades. Who the hell is going to go to Israel and evict them?
Even if you knew how many Palestinians thought this way, you would not know if they would think this way if they were granted some of their lesser demands such as having an independent nation.
Perhaps the Palestinians who make this argument are doing so as a means to an end.
Something that’s wrong can still be “technically logical”, meaning if it was created illegally then one possible logical argument is that it can be un-created. It wasn’t created illegally, though, so even though it might be a logical argument (maybe?) it’s still wrong.
Later, though, you are asking whether there are some Palestinians that make this argument – that seems like a completely different question than the OP. Which are you trying to answer? I’m sure there are some who make that argument, some who would be happy with the status quo because their set up in the West Bank or wherever is acceptable to them, some who want their own country, some who already live in Israel and have a nice home and job and would like to keep that, some who would rather not have any Jews at all on Earth.
Hopefully I don’t need a cite to support the assertion that Hamas wants Israel to vanish from existence. The fact that they received close to 45% of the vote in the 2006 Palestinian legislative election would seem so support that a sizable minority of Palestinians agree with that position.
Doesn’t really matter. Israel has lived by the only law of nations that matters:
To be a nation declare your independence and make it stick.
Israel fulfills both parts pretty well. Hamas can believe what it wants - I won’t speculate - but without the will and power to make it happen they might as well wish for unicorns.