[Vocabulary] Palestinian state and Yigal alon

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captain1

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Hello, I wanted to ask something about an interview of Yigal Alon.



The phrase: constructive Palestinian Arab community.
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1. Why Alon didn't use 'of' after constructive?(And I speak about the constructive of Palestinian Arab community)

2. Does community have the meaning of 'building a state for the Palestinians'?
Even though that on Youtube we have the title "SYND 10 10 75 INTERVIEW WITH ALLON ON PALESTINIAN STATE"

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Constructive is an adjective describing the Palestinian community he would want to negotiate with. It does not have the meaning of your second question to me. I would assume that he means the community that are prepared to negotiate with Israel. I would use the definite article before Palestinian State in the title, but titles and headlines often omit articles.

(I have answered this as a language question, and ask other responders to keep it that way.)
 

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1. It would be wrong with "of"; "constructive" is an adjective describing the Palestinian Arab community.
2. No.
 

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I think that the video clip is too political and should be deleted. The question has now been answered. I will, therefore, delete it now.
 

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I got answers but I still want to read it again in the future.
So please don't delete, I am locking this.
 

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I have deleted the video, not the thread.
 
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