""The fact remains that the Palestinians living in the West Bank are faring much better under Israel's "occupation" than did the Jews living in the West Bank under the illegal occupation by Jordan.""

500,000 Israeli settlers in West Bank and E. Jerusalem occupy 61 percent of the land area (growing daily), while almost 2 million Palestinians are crammed into the remaining 39 percent.

Those Israelis certainly believe in having plenty of space to stretch, something denied to all Palestinians.

Bobad, given that the settlements are considered to be ilegal by the International Community, what is your justification for invoking irrelevant historical injustices?

Do you believe they justify any actions taken today,......by anybody?

The introduction of twenty new settlements while pretending to seek a peaceful solution, leads the concerned onlooker strongly to suspect that the Palestinians can forget about any hope of concessions, or even status quo,...in fact any hope at all!

Don T.