Annapolis is all about ending the occupation.

ISRAPUNDIT ^ | April 13/08 | Ted Belman

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It is standard practice for athletes and magicians to fake us out. They distract our attention to mislead us as to their intentions. Politicians do to.

It used to be Israel's policy to put facts on the ground to strengthen Israel's hold on Judea and Samaria and to make time work against Palestinians. That was when we considered such lands "disputed territories", when we sought to get agreement on "defensible borders" and believed that Jerusalem would be Israel's undivided capital forever. No more.

As a result of this activity, the US declared war on the settlements. The Mitchel Report in May '01, recommending a "settlement freeze" was the first salvo. The Roadmap was the second. While Israel agonized over its acceptance it finally did so subject to fourteen reservations. These reservations served no purpose but to put Israelis at ease about its acceptance. They were never heard from again. Even so it is interesting to note that the reservations did not take issue with the settlement freeze or the requirement that Palestine be "viable" or that it be "contiguous. This was covered in my article Making a Silk Purse out of a Sow's Ear.

Thus Israel was committed to same for the first time. Thereafter Israel began demonizing settlers and restricting building in the settlements subject to some posturing about infill. Israel also began turning a blind eye to illegal building by the Arabs. In effect it was now allowing Arabs to put facts on the ground even though no one was to take any steps that would prejudice the negotiations.

Sharon who accepted the Roadmap and talked of painful concessions, bulldozed the Gaza Disengagement. Shortly thereafter his new party in coalition with Labour announce their Convergence Plan to much opposition so they backed off publicly. CONTINUE

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