If anyone was thinking of believing the Israeli government when they talk about wanting to provide a state for the Palestinians, please reconsider. Every since 1967 the policy has been to move as many settlers into the West Bank as possible. Since then hundreds of thousands of Israeli have been settled in these lands which [...]
In relation to this conflict, the occupied territories are the lands that Israel is currently occupying. They consist of the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights. Israel took these territories during the 1967 six day war and is now holding them illegally. Worse, they are settling their own people in these territories [...]
It’s sort of ironic that after the failure of the 2000 Camp David Accords, the prevailing opinion in the western media was that Yasir Arafat missed his last chance for obtaining a Palestinian state. Under the direction of Bill Cliinton, Ehud Barak supposedly offered Arafat a deal that nobody in their right mind should have [...]
The term “Green Line Israel” refers to the territory that was considered Israel after the 1948 War of Independence. You might hear the term “Israel Proper” which means exactly the same thing. The Green Line is sometimes referred to as the “Armistice Line” of the 1948 war. These terms are usually used when referring to [...]