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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What land, all of Israel?  Even the land that was legally purchased?  This is the problem with land for peace:  Define the land.

Pre-67 borders....ok.  Pre-47, ok let the british have it back.  There never was a Palestine.  Ideally, there would be one; there could have been one in 1948.  Instead, they chose to fight.

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We came very close to figuring out the land for peace solution, and then Israel ramped up its settlement construction.[/quote]

Yes and I disagee with the expanded settlements (despite being an Israel supporter) but that only happened after Arafat turned down Israel's offer in the 2000 accords which basically offered him 90% of what he wanted.

"Barak offered Arafat a Palestinian state in 73 percent of the West Bank and all of the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian percentage of sovereignty would extend to 90 percent over a ten- to twenty-five-year period. Also included in the offer was the return of a small number of refugees and compensation for those not allowed to return. Palestinians would also have "custodianship" over the Temple Mount, sovereignty on all Islamic and Christian holy sites, and 3/4 of Jerusalem's Old Quarters. Arafat rejected Barak's offer and refused to make an immediate counter-offer."

Following this rejection was the Second Intifada with its many suicide bombings, thereby derailing the peace process yet again.[/quote]

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