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Unsettled - West Bank Settlers Dig In, but Resolve May Have a Limit

Seeded on Mon Sep 14, 2009 5:38 AM EDT
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The remaining 100,000 (Jewish settlers living in Judea & Samaria) are ideologically (and, most of them, religiously) committed to staying. They have a fairly uniform view of the situation: most believe that there is no such thing as a Palestinian nation; that if the world wants a state for Palestinians, it should set it up next door in Jordan; that all of the West Bank, which they call by the biblical name Judea and Samaria, is a central part of the Jewish homeland; and that Arabs will do everything they can to destroy Israel in any borders, so staying in the West Bank is a matter not only of history but of security.

A surprisingly accurate look (coming from the NYT) at the current state of affairs and opinions among religious Jews and "settlers" in Israel today

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I believe that the withdrawal from GAZA and the subsequent establishment of an enemy entity whose purpose is the destruction of Israel has proved their point. i.e., abandoning settlements does not lead to peace; the opposite is true; it leads to war.

There will never be peace because the Arabs refuse to recognize Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state. And this appears to be an unchangeable belief system.

Many like to say that these outposts on contested land are "stealing" land from the Arabs. However, the outposts are setup on unoccupied land. But then again, the Arabs consider all of Israel occupied land. So no matter what Israel does for concessions it is a lose-lose situation.

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Reply#1 - Mon Sep 14, 2009 6:24 PM EDT
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The Arabs would have to abandon who they are if they were to recognize Israel.

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Reply#2 - Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:53 PM EDT
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