#58. You are posting a great many words in defense of a lunatic opinion. Backing a 9 mile wide Israel is pure lunacy and this is obvious to any child who can read a map. Judea and Samaria legally belong to Israel. Israel is less than one six hundredth the size of the Arab lands. There is simply no sane reason to cede Judea and Samaria. You can still with your lunatic far left ideology. The vast majority of Israelis will support sanity-which means forever keeping our ancestral heartland of Judea and Samaria and total rejection of a 9 mile wide Israel.

meaning he must want or need something. Notice, Bibi isn't going to America. Bibi neither wants or needs anything from obama the muslim.... LOL might I suggest you play catch up with he news... Muslims are in deep trouble, NOT Israel.... American troops are being targeted in the ME NOT ISrael. Any comments re: Syria and the thousands of dead and fleeing Muslims?? Generally, you anti semites are too obsessed with Israel to see the obvious, you Muslims are Murdering a hell of a lot of Muslims....... NOT Israel.

from your lips to G-ds ears.... Americans are taking another look at obama and aren't too thrilled, his ratings have fallen 10% in the last few days.. maybe 'mohammed ( obama ) is going to the mountain as ( Bibi ) isn't going to him ( obama ?? )

You are missing a huge point with your assumptions. Everything you say is based on the presumption 2 states for 2 peoples is both doable and mutually acceptable. The fact is the Arabs have rejected a TSS going back to the partition of '47. Abbas flatly refuses to accept a Jewish state of Israel. PLO, Fatah, Hamas, and all the other Arab groups require Israel's destruction as per their respective charters. Opinion polls among the Arabs [so-called Palestinians] confirm they reject a TSS. They want one state of Palestine which eliminates Israel completely. So please explain why Israel should unilaterally cede land to people who refuse to recognize it and are committed to its destruction?

If you oppose a TTS then which do you support in its place -- "ethnic cleansing" , "apartheid" or a totally secular Israel? I oppose the settlements because they are a direct violation of international law and, as five former "Gatekeepers" of Israel's security have similarly stated, a serious threat to the future of Israel. I do not oppose the military occupation of the territories for as long as and to the extent that it is necessary. We won't know that for sure until we give the TSS a chance.

You did not answer the question which is why should land be unilaterally given to those who refuse to recognize Israel, no matter what the borders are, and are committed to its destruction? There was a TSS in 1947 which the UN approved with a 72% majority. It's the Arabs who refused to accept it and have tried to destroy Israel ever since. So your suggestion of "we don't know for sure until we give a TSS a chance" is not realistic at all. You suggest Israel is supposed to make all the sacrifices while the Arabs make none. If the Arabs want to show their good intentions, let them publically, and formally commit in writing they accept Israel as a Jewish state, will renounce all future land claims [once an agreement is reached], let Jerusalem be Israel's capital....and to demonstrate they are serious, they should amend all the charters which call for Israel's destruction. Then maybe a TSS might be possible.

Absent peace negotiations, Israel should unequivocally identify it's borders and unilaterally withdraw from the settlements because 1) we have no right to establish settlements on occupied territories 2) they increase the risk of harm to everyone 3) they are a drain on much needed resources 4) they are undermining Israeli society etc. etc. I'm note quit left wing and If I am a "lunatic" then I am in very good company. I suspect that I am a part of the largely silent sane majority who will stand by and support the evacuation of the settlements as we did in Gaza, etc. You are free to continue squealing like stuck pigs if you want but you might do better to rethink your position. It's not 1947 or 1967 anymore. We have to give the TSS a chance.

Did unitalteral withdrawal from Gaza brring peace? It brought Hamas in control, over 10,000 rocket attacks, and thus far two wars. If that's the example you wish to use for unilateral withdrawal, I suggest you should think again! By your suggestion of doing likewise in Judea and Samaria you suggest uprooting several hundred thousand Jews, and handing a free give of land to people who have repeatedly said they refuse to accept Israel's existence. You place no burden of responsibility on the enemy to do anything. I am fully aware of what times we live in, and it's all the more reason the Arabs have a respnsibility to come into the modern age and stop thinking they own land they ruled hundreds of years ago. Jewish historical connection trumps that argument by over 2000 years. Read my latest piece- http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4355882,00.html