re: #9 Bob Levin

What I’m saying is that no one but Israel accepts EJ as part of Israel, so it’s not. At this point even the “state” of South Ossetia has more of a claim to legitimacy on a similar issue, being accepted by more states. I’m not saying EJ should not be a part of Israel in the future. Its status should be decided through negotiation. But meanwhile it’s not a de jure part of Israel just because Israel says so (just like South Ossetia is not de jure a state, just because it itself, Russia, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Nauru say so).