A Reader' Comments on "Greedy Israelis Must Stop Overstepping Their Boundaries!"
"Right on! If the settlers refuse then the government should wash their hands of them however, if the two state solution is to be implemented then that means all of the settlements, not just the remote ones which are a drain on resources. However, (back to reality) when you consider the major settlement blocks and all the funding and infrastructure that has been allocated to them, I don't think Israel will ever hand them over. The settlements are a fundamental component to Israel's geopolitical interests to create facts on the ground and dictate permanent status agreements overwhelmingly in its favor. Peace from the Bethlehem Ghetto."
If you have not read the post, you may want to click in and weigh in with your comments on the topic of Israeli settlements on contested land.
The right or lack of right, depending on your viewpoint, to settle on land thereby expanding Israel's borders into Palestinian territory is a very hot topic.
The viewpoints are very polarized and appears to have no middle ground. But as one on the outside looking in, it does seem that Israel should withdraw from these territories in an effort to move the peace process along and to stop the violence toward their civilian population.
Taking and settling on disputed land is like pouring salt in a wound. It is simply not necessary and does nothing but inflame already tense situations in the region. Some Israelis feel that it is their right to settle on this disputed land, others in the Middle East perceive these actions as aggressive and compounding the difficult situation that the Palestinians already face.
Violence is not the solution for either side, although some feel that it is or should be. Israel needs to quench its thirst for expansion and move to empower the Palestinian people to set up a parallel state with the assistance of the world community and consider any Israelis living on Palestinian ground now as immigrants to Palestine and not squatters on soon-to-be Israeli soil.
