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The Israeli settlements are, according to the Fourth Geneva Convention, illegal colonies of an occupying power. Israel has used security for the settlements as an excuse to set up an oppressive apartheid-like system of controls over the Arab population of the West Bank and Gaza. The Israeli settlers are part-and-parcel of the barbaric Israeli occupation. Jews who want to live peacefully among Arabs in the West Bank or Gaza should apply to live there as ordinary residents, subject to local laws.

Do you honestly believe that if Israel gave back the occupied territories, that the rest of the region would leave them alone?

We have had problems with this region since the beginning, hell, even Thomas Jefferson sent the military to the area to clean things up... this whole obsession with Israel is but a headache compared the the brain tumor that really exists.

Do you honestly believe that if Israel gave back the occupied territories, that the rest of the region would leave them alone?

The widespread Arab support for the Saudi peace plan seems to indicate that the Arab countries are ready to conclude a just and comprehensive peace. Are the Israelis ready?

Fine. Let Israel and the Arabs conclude a just peace and then neither side will be able to use the conflict as an excuse for neglecting other problems.