(FrontPageMagazine) Daniel Pipes - The dictionary defines "settlements" as "a small community" or an establishment of people "in a new region." This inaccurately describes some of the Jewish habitations in question that boast tens of thousands of residents in place over several decades. Some analysts consider Jews living in the West Bank and Gaza to be one of the leading obstacles to resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Yet this assumes that Palestinians seek only to gain control over the West Bank and Gaza, whereas overwhelming evidence points to their also aspiring to go further and control Israel proper. Therefore, pulling Israelis from the territories does no good.
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