Warming is purely man-made phenomenon!
People that don't dig deeper take it for granted.
It's pure politics, but as long as the "progressive" opinion-molders
say it loud enough and often enough things become "the Truth".
Another example is that fabled, far-far away place called "Palestine" with its elusive inhabitants called "Palestinians".
i mean: they must exist, right?

A very unhendelian article which are normally balanced and factual. There is no fact in yoavs article. But here are some.
The current security barrier creates an effective border which is 50% longer than the green line and topographically much more difficult to defend. The IDF cawill be able to do what it does now with or without settlements so long as we occupy or have access. The hashemite kingdom is unlikely to survive indefinitely. Rocket technology will improve on both sides meaning the 60 odd Kms between Jordan and med will be irrelevant. Now how do settlements help?

85% of retired generals have signed the CIS (Commanders for Israel's security) separation plan that says that keeping the West Bank is not a security asset for Israel. In fact, they say the opposite. The truth of the matter is that right-wingers are jeopardizing Israel's security.
http://en.cis.org.il/

The truth about Judea and Samaria is obvious to any child capable of reading a map. Judea and Samaria are not only the 4,000 plus year old ancestral heartland of the Jewish people. Judea and Samaria keep Israel alive. Without Judea and Samaria, we have nothing but a 9 mile wide concentration camp crammed with more than 6 million Jews. Hitler's dream...