[bassmaner]

it can't annex the area,

Why not? IMO, that's the only viable option. The Israelis should say "Screw the UN", and, for that matter "screw the US State Department" when it comes to their national security.

[E Rocc]

it can't annex the area,

Why not? IMO, that's the only viable option. The Israelis should say "Screw the UN", and, for that matter "screw the US State Department" when it comes to their national security.

Their national security is largely paid for by our tax dollars, so that's not a "viable option" either. Not a single nation on Earth recognizes any Israeli right to annex the West Bank or Gaza.

-Eric

[garbanzo]

For the same reason that Israel isn't warm to returning the "refugees" - it sees no need to add vast numbers of a hostile population to its polity.

[Ga Rob]

I agree!!! I mean they fought the war they won, when they were attacked. If they give this land up, what of their security then? Why are things ineveitable?? I tell you what is inevitable....if they give the Palestinians=Jordanians a seperate state, they will fight another war against the arab countries, that is certain.

[honway]

Why not? IMO, that's the only viable option. The Israelis should say "Screw the UN", and, for that matter "screw the US State Department" when it comes to their national security.

Since Israel is a democracy, if they annex the area, would the Palestinians become citizens? Would they have the right to vote?

There are approximately 6 million Israeli citizens, incliding 1 million Arabs. Unless the Palestinians are treated as non-citizens and Israel abandons it's status as a democracy, annexation is not an option unless Israelis are prepared to live in a nation where Arabs are the majority.