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    Zionists accepted two states in 1935, 1947, 1948, and offered two state peace deals in 2000 and 2008 (Olmert).

    The plan was celebrated by most Jews in Palestine,[48] with Zionist leaders, in particular David Ben-Gurion, viewing the plan as a tactical step and a stepping stone to future territorial expansion over all of Palestine.

    -Wikipedia on the Nakba.

    Ben Gurion urged fellow Jews to accept the UN Partition Plan, pointing out that arrangements are never final, ‘not with regard to the regime, not with regard to borders, and not with regard to international agreements’. The idea of partition being a temporary expedient dated back to the Peel Partition proposal of 1937. When the Zionist Congress had rejected partition on the grounds that the Jews had an inalienable right to settle anywhere in Palestine, Ben Gurion had argued in favour of acceptance, 'I see in the realisation of this plan practically the decisive stage in the beginning of full redemption and the most wonderful lever for the gradual conquest of all of Palestine.

    -Also Wikipedia.

    So like I said, Zionists never wanted two states or intended to stay inside their designated borders.

    and offered two state peace deals in 2000 and 2008 (Olmert).

    In the 2000 offer Israel wanted to turn Palestine into Bantustans subservient to Israel so… uh… yeah. That was not a good faith offer no matter how you look at it. And about the 2008 offer, here’s BBC on the topic:

    At the end of their meeting, Olmert refused to hand over a copy of the map to Mahmoud Abbas unless the Palestinian leader sign it.

    Abbas refused, saying that he needed to show his experts the map, to make sure they understood exactly what was being offered.

    Olmert says the two agreed to a meeting of map experts the following day.

    The meeting never happened.