toomuchtime_
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Every Jew in gaza was an illegal. The IDF brought them by force and forced people to move for the settlements. They were a few thousand illegal settlers. They better have taken them out. And there are plenty of settlements all over the occupied territories. Very few of them were in Gaza. Most are in the West Bank area and around. So they claim the lands as Jewish only lands...the more space they occupy the more Jewish only land. The worse the situation can get for any two state solution. It's Israel's interest to have these settlements as they know they will diminish any chances of a two state solution
There are no Jewish only lands. Any Israeli citizen can move into the West Bank Israeli communities regardless of religion. It is illegal under Israel's laws to discriminate on the basis of religion.
The whining about Israel's West Bank communities - which occupy a combined land area of about 10% of Area C - is just an excuse for Abbas to avoid negotiations since after losing control of Gaza he is powerless to commit to any of the key issues of a final status agreement.
Abbas is a moron. That doesn't change the fact settlement building is constantly approved by the Israeli government. The settlement areas are closed to palestinans or any other people to go through. So when they keep building settlements there are tensions, more checkpoints, and more anger because it's unfair and a detriment to peace.
There is construction within existing communities but very few new communities have been approved in years. A few of the Israeli West Bank communities cause tensions with the Palestinian Arabs, but most do not and are, in fact, an economic boon to the Arabs there. Next to the PA, the Israeli communities are the largest employer of Palestinian Arabs for construction work and to work in other West Bank businesses. Many of the construction companies putting up buildings in the Israeli communities are owned by Palestinian Arabs.
The main problem the Palestinian Arabs have is not the Israeli West Bank communities but the poor quality of their leadership. If they are not corrupt, they are fanatics and whether they are corrupt or fanatic they all appear to be incompetent to deal effectively with the tasks necessary to improve the lives of the people or to negotiate effectively with Israel.