WSJ: The Settlements Aren’t the Problem- The Palestinians’ beef with Israel isn’t territorial—it’s existential.
World News • March 2010 • Views: 623
…it would be a splendid thing for Israel to tear down its settlements, put the settlers behind its pre-1967 borders and finally reach the peace deal with the Palestinians that has been so elusive for so long.
Except for one problem: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict isn’t territorial. It’s existential. Israelis are now broadly prepared to live with a Palestinian state along their borders. Palestinians are not yet willing to live with a Jewish state along theirs…