Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondent, and Reuters: PA rejects Olmert's offer to withdraw from 93% of West Bank
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Title: Realistically, even under the best of circumstances a ? Name: Nadav City: Jerusalem State: Israel
... Palestinian Arab state which consists of the entire "West Bank" and the Gaza Strip is economically not sustainable! And circumstances are far from ideal. The Palestinian Arabs created with their own hands the political division between the Gaza Strip and the "West Bank". This added to the historic divisions between these two regions of the country: Geographic, social, economic, historic and even religious. Thus, based on UN Security Council Resolution 242, the best and most realistic approach to peace-making is the re-inclusion of most of the "West Bank" in Jordan and that of the Gaza Strip in Egypt. Both countries are Arab ones with functioning governments, and both countries have had functioning peace agreements with Israel in place. There is simply no other realistic way out! Applying a creative approach to resettle some of the Gazans in the under populated Sinai Peninsula and some of the "West Bank" Arabs in the Jordanian side of the Aravah (steppe) is called for.