Tell them the PLO turned down possession of that land three times. If they don't want, it Israel keeps it.

This is what Israel needs to do. The world won't stop pressuring Israel to make concessions and stop building unless we, Israelis, firmly believe - and take decisive actions to support - that the land is rightfully ours. If Bibi can't handle this task, we need a new leader that can.

Be the one with courage and save Israel NOW.

No court decided who owns the disputed land in Bet El, or Migron, etc. The HCJ has become a tool of the left.

of course the media, liberal haaretz and some in ynet still extoll the virtues of failed leader olmert, who failed at war, and at peace and said israel is finished. He soon will be finished when the courts advise him that he is going to jail and he can have livni, hirschson, and peres visit him there and hear him explain away his doublebilling. I personally feel that though bibi has been far better than olmert, by sticking to barak he has earned israeli disapproval and while he talks a good game, that is about it. Lieberman, feiglin have more leadership ability that bibi. Bennet is correct;israel should declare soveriegnty on area C ASAP and finished.

5.7 million Jews, 8.7 million Arabs.

Amen. No other nation would even consider letting others tell it what to do in it's own land. Judea and Samaria have belonged to Jews for more than 3,500 years. Far longer than virtually every other nation has existed. We own Judea and Samaria. Let's act with self respect and self confidence. Israeli law for Judea and Samaria NOW!

sensible writers on YNet. Thank you for a great article - finally a true reading satisfaction. The real issue is a REAL strong Prime minister. I am indeed disappointed in the current one.

I would support annexing the major settlement blocs, any settlements in their vicinity, and maybe parts or the entire Jordan Valley, but to annex the whole enchilada would be pure insanity. If Israel annexes parts, the world will condemn. If Israel annexes it all, the world will simply demand Israel give the Palestinians citizenship.

A long time ago G_d made a rea lestate deal. The people didn't keep up with the payments and were evicted, several times. In 1948 the lease was renewed. In return for having the only place that only Jews may decide the fate of Jews and a place of refuge only a few things were required. One is defense, never again. Another is learn from the past. Arrogance is not a good thing. Another is don't spent too much energy on who gets to pass out the goodies, that is self indulgence. Keep the lease this time.

That would be the outcome of such a move the author is suggesting inthe name of Zionism! As a Zionist who made aliyah to Israel, I strenuously oppose this idea. Ben Gurion himself opposed annexing and settling the West Bank, declaring in the summer of 1967 that we should give back the West Bank immediately. He recognized how holding these lands would ignite a messianic zeal that would lead to our becoming a bi-national state, and undermining all we have achieved. I'm with the BG.

What a sick and demented person you are Neftali. round us 2.500.000 Palestinians in ghettos? The bubbles of the swiss cheese? Get the heLL out of palestine.

rather a small minded messianic socialist and happy with a small "jewish homeland" in Tel Aviv, ready to compromise with the British the real zionism envision by Hertzel. He was a phony zionist with a big appetite for power and control. Not much of hero in my book. Israel is from sea to Jordan river, period..so chew on that !

you guys are trespassing on jewish holly land for centuries and is about time you pack your camels and goats and move next door to your real Palestine , east of Jordan river. Good Luck!

there is a chance that we'll start behaving like any normal nation, that cares about continuity and a safe place for our children. The "Palestinian" madness has to stop, the sooner the better for everybody!

While I agree that from a security standpoint, short of a love in with the palestinians, Israel should annex the territory that is needed for her defense, this will most certainly never be recognized by any government or international organization. Regardless of what Israel does, this will not end the growing chorus from world leaders for Israel to commit national suicide.The only solution so to speak is to do what Israel has to do unilaterally, and live in a perpetual state of war with the arab world.

No one would accept Israel extending sovereignty to only the areas of the West Bank it wants to. (basically all but the major Palestinian cities) If you want to annex land, annex all of it. And with it give citizenship and/or residency to the Arabs who live there.

so you suggest that the left do as public openion but they are not part of this public individual s.... note iam not from the left or from the right iam not israili it is from the law iam an araby resident from jerusalem the best to israil is to be out of israil you want it by laws .. who are you kidding

It was his leadership and his tough decision making and pragmatism that led to the founding of the state. he led us through the war of Independence, which despite anti-Zionist propaganda, was no sure bet to win. That period 1947-49 was one of the darkest times for Israel, and his decisive leadership is what made Israel. So chew on that for a bit, and while you are it, give me some clue what you will do with another additional 2 millijavascript:%20save()on Arabs in our population? Once we annex the land there is no choice but to annex the people, and the State of Israel will cease to exist. Chew on that one too.

There goes Steve Benassi again - the illegal American occupation settler typing from his settlement in occupied Silver Bay. There's a solution, Steve - give America back to its rightful owners and you take your 297 million fellow illegal settlers and go back to Europe where you came from. Silver Bay is an illegal whitey settlement on occupied Native American land.

You have not even a quarter million Arabs in Hebron, your most populated city! You have to incorporate the villages around Hebron to even reach close to a quarter mil!! Your corrupted government inflates the population numbers to steal more money from UNRWA into their Swiss bank accounts! You think you are 2.5 million? Maybe if you include Gaza! You are a racist bigot who cannot live next to a Jew. Instead of asking the Jews to stay and live with you in a new state, you want ethnic cleansing! If you cannot live next to a Jew in the ancient homeland of the Jewish people, then die or leave! If you CAN live next to a Jew in peace then start today.

1st there are less than 2 million Arabs in Judea and Samaria and only the racist left wing are concerned for this. 2nd the Arab birth rate is dropping while they reach higher education and higher standards of life. At the same time the Jewish Israeli birth rate is increasing even when Jews get higher education and higher salaries! The National Religious and Heredi will soon be the majority in the country and even if they produce some secular offspring, they will be the secular Jews who have love for the Jewish people. Even if the Palestinians created a country in the West Bank and allowed the Jews to stay as citizens, the Jews would be the majority in just a few generations. We continue to raise our birthrate every year, it's deep in our culture so one way or the other we will always be the majority here. CHEW ON THAT.

Try to go some place before you form opinions on it! Many families in Hebron or other Jewish cities will host you and go travel before you open your mouth. There are not even a quarter million Arabs in the biggest Arab city in Judea/Samaria. You think we will lose our majority? Not a chance! Dont believe BG, he is a dead man and he thought their birthrate would outnumber ours, he didnt count on the 7 Palestinian Universities that brought their birthrate down, and the national renascence that brought ours up!

Learn to count my dear friend! There is not even close to 8 million Arabs! We are speaking about less than 4 million Arabs. No one cares what you imperialist Americans think about what happens in the region. Let the native people work out our problems and get a new hobby!

that force the hand of BG to declare the independence of the state if Israel, but had no appetite for power. Was the Etzel not Hagana that fought to defend Jerusalem in 1948 and was BG that scuttled Altalena in Tel Aviv ,so no weapons will reach Jerusalem defenders in that critical time. Read the real history of the time and not the Labor propaganda that came after as a revisionist history. BG was just a small time coward who during the war of independence , took A long "trip" to the States. You seem to be a "zionist" of convenience , not of belief. 64 years of compromises didn't settle the original problem, of arabs never accepting a jewish state to live in peace with. That's the stark reality.

This is the best for a safe Israel.