Israel exists in its own land. In fact, Israel should be taking up a lot more land than they do now. After the Messiah returns, Israel will be a whole lot bigger than it is now because they will finally have all of the land that God gave them over two thousand years before Muhammad was vomited into this world.

.. but the Arabs have always defined it as something else: the very existence of the State of Israel on ANY parcel of land that is defined by international law, including UN charter, article 80, "the national home of the Jewish people". And, while some among us, naively, seek to achieve an accommodation of peaceful coexistence with our Arab neighbors, the Arabs seek the very demise of the State of Israel and the "cleansing" of the Jewish national home of its Jews, in order to end the "occupation.

what a naive person writing this. he thinks that if there was a palestinian countr next to isael there would be piece. what naivete. thee would be haamas stile missiles falling on tel aviv and lod airport and occasional intefadas
the palestinian aabs are not seeking peace but onl peace agreements . the will never abandon their claim to 14 Israel.

the result of fully implemented Oslo would have been like Gaza: Hamastan between us and the Jordan river.

happened?!
The joke being told by “Shaked” is old and worn out....

My recollection is that extremists on both sides wouldn't let it happen.

there would be a pal entity in most of the west bank if the arabs were like the swiss. they are not. terrror was the prime motivator. secondarily back of the mind was it was ancestral israeli which is factually true.

shaked glosses over the terror issue like a blind man entering Auschwitz.you are like haber, ebn dror, beilin and others, you do not want to face reality.

roni-arabs want Israel out of their Palestine. noting less interests them period. peace does not exist in the middle east. you should know that from your ph.d. work one hopes.

Oslo completely ignored Gaza when Gaza was and is an integral part of the solution to a viable contiguous, sovereign and united Palestine alongside Israel within mutually secure borders

Oslo talked glibly about peace and confidence building yet failed to frame clearly and definitively AS THE OBJECTIVE HOW a sovereign contiguous Palestinian State would be acheived alongside Israel within mutually secure borders

Instead Oslo KICKED the final objective of Palestinian Statehood into the long grass, deferred to some indeterminate date

BUT....UNLESS YOU KNOW THE DESTINATION HOW CAN YOU MAKE A ROAD MAP TO GET THERE?

In 1999 a group of Palestinian academics worked out borders of a viable, unified, contiguous and sovereign Palestinian State alongside Israel that would guarantee security FOR BOTH but above all WOULD provide the platform to create the most exciting, prosperous, vibrant Palestine in the region if not the world

WHAT ARE WAITING FOR

muslim arabs occupied the land of israel through imperialistic wars.

jerusalem has been a jewish city for three thousand years.
islam conquered the land of israel one thousand three hundred
years ago.
the ottoman empire occupied the land of israel and the entire middle east
for five hundred years. the turks settled european muslims in the
land of israel.
muslims are not indigenous to the land of israel. they are colonisors.

Until today leftists believe the same thing not because Palestinians want it but because they do, Even the leftist ex-generals come out every while to push the dead idea.

..We would see op-eds in Maan arguing that Arabs are the true occupiers of Jewish land, and they must make do with 22 Arab states and leave Israel alone.

But alas, there can be no Arab dissent, because our dear Jewish Leftists lend legitimacy to the Arab dictators' vile positions. How sad.

Israelis obviously know better, which is why the Left hasn't won a general election in 19 years. Hopefully 5779 is the year that the Left regains its sanity.

Shana Tova.

Look behind virtually all of Israel's serious problems and you will find Israeli retreats and concessions which caused them.

Q. Why do we suffer endless wars, terror and rockets from Gaza?
A. Because of Israel's mad retreat from Gaza.

Q. Why do we suffer endless risk of wars, terror and rockets from Lebanon?
A. Because of Israel's mad retreat from our South Lebanon Security Zone.

Q. Why do we suffer constant murder and maiming from "Palestinian" terrorists?
A. Because we refuse to execute them.

Q. Why do "Palestinians" squat on our land and endlessly torment us?
A. Because we insanely supply them with food, money, electricity, work permits, protection, materials and much more.

Israel needs to reverse ALL our mad retreats and concessions to our mortal "Palestinian" foes and retake our lands forever. Let's act the like VICTORS we are!

When ever the Jews surrender more territory they get in return for their gestures more blooshed.
The Oslo aggreement was the stupidest thing that the Jewish State has ever done.