"It seems that Israel doesn't even want to accept "today's" borders." - Stringsinger

As the Arabs of Palestine rejected the two-state solution offered them by the UN in 1947 and opted for war instead, then the only officially demarcated and recognised borders of Palestine are those established in 1923. Under the terms of the original mandate the Jews could settle anywhere inside those borders, they could not settle anywhere east of the Jordan river.

When the Arabs of Palestine and all their Arab neighbours attacked the newly founded State of Israel in 1948, Egypt attacked, invaded and occupied Palestinian territory in Gaza, they illegally continued to hold this territory until 1967 when Israeli forces drove the Egyptians out and reclaimed Gaza and reunited it with the rest of the original mandated territory of Palestine.

In the same way the Jordanians attacked, invaded and occupied the Palestinian territories now commonly known as the West Bank and East Jerusalem. They too held this territory illegally until 1967 when Israeli forces liberated them from the Jordanian troops occupying them.

Ever asked what borders the Arabs of Palestine are prepared to honour and recognise? Let me see now:

1: Borders were "established" in 1949 by the UN as part of a ceasefire but the Arabs of Palestine refused to accept or recognise them - An opportunity for the supposedly desired two-State solution thrown away for the second time by the Arabs of Palestine

2: Borders were "established" again in 1956 by the UN as part of a ceasefire but the Arabs of Palestine refused to accept or recognise them - An opportunity for the supposedly desired two-State solution thrown away for the third time by the Arabs of Palestine

3: Slightly different borders were "established" in 1967 by the UN as part of a ceasefire but the Arabs of Palestine refused to accept or recognise them - An opportunity for the supposedly desired two-State solution thrown away for the forth time by the Arabs of Palestine

4: Same borders as for 1967 were "established" in 1973 by the UN as part of a ceasefire but the Arabs of Palestine refused to accept or recognise them - An opportunity for the supposedly desired two-State solution thrown away for the fifth time by the Arabs of Palestine - Israel starts process of bi-lateral peace talks trading land for peace with Egypt and Jordan

5: Borders proposed in 2000 at Camp David at a summit held involving Clinton, Arafat and Barak. Agreement almost reached - An opportunity for the supposedly desired two-State solution thrown away for the sixth time by the Representative of the Arabs of Palestine

OK then Stringsinger how many more times? How many more opportunities do you want to give the Arabs of Palestine to reject the two-state solution they seem to have conned you into believing that they want?

1947 to 2014 - I make that just over 67 years that both sides have had to sort this out. Over the course of those 67 years the Arabs of Palestine have consistently opted for armed conflict. So be it, the next time it kicks off nobody should step in to stop it until either one side or the other has "won" whatever it is that they think they will "win" - but whatever the case the rest of the world will have done with it.

Fact is that over the course of the last 67 years had all the aid that has been thrown at "The Palestinians" been put to good use Gaza should resemble Monaco in terms of wealth and prosperity - it is a shit hole because the leaders of the Arabs of Palestine chose to fight.