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Bennett: Israel should annex 60 percent of West Bank
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Published: 27.04.14, 19:05
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1. Bennett... annex Area C, move wall to Areas A, B, and invest
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (04.27.14)
...in remaining Palestinian ghettos, as compensation for these war crimes.
2. ONLY 60%? ANNEX 100%!!
stude ham   (04.27.14)
bennet is far too generous to a very dangerous enemy.
3. Bennet is heading to same solution as SA
Harri ,   EU   (04.27.14)
Bennet should read the history of South Africa. It took about twenty years from South Africa to become a multinational state after annexing most of the country for whites and leaving small enclaves for Bantustans. If you annex 60% of West Bank now, you will be multinational state with Palestinian majority somewhere around year 2035, or maybe sooner.
4. Theifs. This is an immigrant as the most of isralis.
Why   (04.27.14)
THEIFS.
5. Annex Area C!
Ami ,   Tel Aviv   (04.27.14)
Now is the time to annex Area C. There will be lots of moaning and whining for a while. Then palestinian Arabs will realize that they cannot destroy Israel and they will have no option but to seek a genuine peace, something they have not yet done.
6. Not enough, but a good start
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (04.27.14)
Ultimately, of course, Israel must annex all of Judea and Samaria, but for now, the settlement blocs. But absolutely no citizenship to "Palestinians" in those areas -- they must either be repatriated to Jordan, country of their citizenship, or relocated within areas remaining (for now) under the control of the "Palestine" Authority. The world does not need yet another bankrupt -- morally and economically -- terrorist state.
7. DO IT. Should have been done 50 years ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If not NOW...... ,   WHEN????   (04.27.14)
Better late than never.
8. BETTER IDEA.... Invest MASSIVELY in Jews who 1/3 of which..
Chaim ,   Israel   (04.27.14)
live below the poverty line. WHY do you want to "massively invest in infrastructure in the economy, in the quality of life and in self-governance of the Palestinians.” Arabs need to LEAVE the Holy Land. We voted for you Bennett. We thought you were on our side. Ummm.... GUESS NOT.
9. Mr. Bennett is your basic all-around genius
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (04.27.14)
The Palestinians blew it yet again.
10. Has Bibi every given a hoot what Bennett said?
(04.27.14)
Has Bennett accomplished anything since he became chairman?
11. 60% of w-bunk. . .at last someone gets it !
Moshe ,   Usa   (04.27.14)
Yes please annex the whole land. Please do it now.
12. Why only 60% ?
BUILD BABY BUILD !!!   (04.27.14)
Take and claim it all Annexation and Repatriation to Jordan for all pals. KEEP ISRAEL JEWISH KEEP BUILDING !!!
13. Bennett the dreamer
Harold ,   USA   (04.27.14)
I want to ask Bennett if Israel can survive when the same sanctions applied on Russia be applied on his country. He just never wants to give up the colonized Palestinian lands.
14. Bennet is acting like a fool once again for ideolog
zionist forever   (04.27.14)
Many of the arabs and their supporters abroad are already saying 2 state solution is not viable because so many settlements have been built but if we start unilaterally annexing 60%+ of Judea & Samaria the arabs will say that only a religion neutral binational state is acceptable and it won't take much to bring round the European governments and soon even the US will support the binationalism and when that happens the jewish state idea is history. Bennet is acting a fool because we don't need to annex this land right now this decision is being made so Bennet can prove he is a hard man not security. Bennet is getting more and more hardline backing himself into a corner. Lapid has said if there is no progress he will quit the coalition and Bibi needs both of them to survive. Herzog will not join the coalition because he wants an election, if Bennet goes Bibi will need the haredi parties but Lapid will refuse to stay in a coalition with them. Its got to the point now where the government is probably going to fall within weeks.
15. A good first step !
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (04.27.14)
16. Rolling on to Mea Achuz
Gideon Reader   (04.27.14)
Basically Adon Bennett has struck on a really workable and politically attractive idea. Soonest 60% under Israeli Law, etc., etc. And,...IF the Palentinians do not in rapidamente fashion straighten up and get serious about their intentions and positions, an additional 20% annexed of the remainder **EACH YEAR** until they get the idea or find themselves peeking across the line at what could have been but for their stupidity and a clinging to a never to be dream, of those annoying JOOOS packing up and heading to Cracow..
17. world still refuses to admint Jewish Right of Return
Naftulee ,   jerusalem   (04.27.14)
18. Jewish Right Of Return -- A Right We Never Surrendered
Nafulee ,   Jerusalem   (04.28.14)
A Right we NEVER Surrendered is our Right of Return!!! To our Ancient Homeland. A land which the Jewish people laid claim to over 2500 years ago, a Claim we NEVER relinquished. A Right we NEVER abandoned. As long as the Jewish people exist in Time, we have a right to claim our inheritance. No other people exist today who can make any such claim on Eretz Israel. We have the Jewish Right of Return and no one has a greater claim than we do, no matter how they try to spin it. No Nation that existed during Israels National Kingdoms still exists today, except for the Jewish people. We never ceased to exist thus we never ceased on our claim to our land. Today a portion of the world and even some Jews cannot understand this. They mistakenly think this land belongs to the Arabs and even think they Arabs here have a right to a National Identity within our borders. They make ridiculous claims that we came and took their land, but the reality is that we were driven from this land, our land, a long time ago and have been speaking and yearning to return ever since. They may have arrived in the meantime ( and just when is a matter of dispute) but this does not in any way override our inherent right to be a self determined people , a Nation in our land, this land Eretz Israel. If the Arabs had only understood this and accepted this truth, and the Arabs who have been present before 1948 decided to be good citizens of Israel then peace would already be here. They could of had all the freedoms available to Israelis, but instead have chosen to deny our Right of Return and wage war against us
19. Leave it Militirized and Settle Later Jews and Arabs
Zechariah   (04.28.14)
The 60% ought be lined with massive nuclear shelters and survivalist Options first and Annexation is PreMature .
20. Annexations
Yakov   (04.28.14)
I don't know if there is a need to formally annex area A. I think what we could do is to invest and treat these areas and all the communities within them in the same way as if they were within Israel itself. Strengthen the links that are already there. Formalization can come through the ballot box of those already living there.
21. What Bennett advocates.....
Michael ,   Haifa   (04.28.14)
...at another time and another place, was known as "Anschluss"
22. Calm down #9: It is Shlamil & Shlameizel
Israeli 2   (04.28.14)
Thus far, Bennett is just a blabber mouth. Can he do it? Will he do it? Or is he just following Bibi's bravado speeches on Iran while nothing is done for a decade? Remember Shlamil and Shlameizel.
23. @21 Revision anyone....
HIstory nut ,   Israel   (04.28.14)
Y'hudah-Shomron was won during a war. Jordan attacked, we won. Try to get that. Our blood is in that land but not by our choice in 1967. But you get it. Here you propagate deceit.
24. Most "palistainians" came from Sudan (in Gaza)
(04.28.14)
and Arabia (in Judea and Samaria). Send them back with other sudanise. The time came saudis to accept them. Before tey claimed that palistainians with stain the mecca and US would not get their oil. Now, according to obama, we don't need middle East oil any longer, why should we care about dispute between Muslims?
25. To: No. 21
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (04.28.14)
Wrong. Austria was sovereign soil. Judea and Samaria are not. Under all known precepts of international law, Israel has every right to settle, retain and even annex nonsovereign Judea and Samaria. And since those Arabs residing therein are Jordanian citizens, Israel -- having every right of a sovereign state to determine who may and who may not reside within its borders -- can repatriate them to Jordan or, if they prefer, to Gaza, where they can work on their newly-minted unity government. Hamas and Fatah -- a match made somewhere other than heaven. Is there no end to your ignorance, sluggo?
26. To: No. 13
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (04.28.14)
Hey, stupid, Israel reacquired those lands in the course of fighting a defensive war against Jordan. As soon as France withdraws from Alsace and Lorraine; as soon as Poland withdraws from East Prussia and the Polish Corridor; as soon as the United States withdraws from Okinawa and as soon as Croatia withdraws from Istria -- then, you can come with your stupid demands of Israel. Unless and until -- no dice. There never was a country called "Palestine," and all your squirming and conniving isn't going to undo historical fact. Besides, hasn't anyone told you? To the victor belongs the spoil. Especially when the victor was the defender, not the aggressor -- but you don't seem to allow facts to get in your way. If you were any dumber, you'd need to be watered twice a week.
27. give it all back
Angie ,   texas   (04.28.14)
I say give it ALL back, after all it IS stolen land. Kick the usurpers back to where ever the hell they came from.
28. Bennett, Israel's next PM.
GS ,   Germany   (04.29.14)
29. #4 ... with a brain you don't have.
GS ,   Germany   (04.29.14)
30. To #27, Right on Angie !
Gabe ,   Canada   (05.07.14)
It is time to take back all of our historical lands from usurpers who infiltrated it for too long. Good riddance to them. Their citizenship is Jordanian after all.
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