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-- annexing the choicest 40% of the West Bank and Gaza, including the Jordan valley and "back of the mountain," the Jordan River remaining Israel's eastern border;
-- expropriating a substantial area around Greater Jerusalem, including the Latrun salient, seizing future portions thereafter to secure full control of a united city, never again to be divided;
-- dispossessing Palestinians from areas Israel wants solely for Jews;
-- building permanent settlements and army bases; and
-- making remaining parts of the West Bank an autonomous region economically linked to Israel.
These strategic concepts have been part of Israel's military doctrine since 1948. Thereafter, they influenced Israeli-Palestinian negotiations and still do today. The terms "territorial compromise" and "land for peace" refer to Allon's rejection of Palestinian self-determination. They still do today.
Ilan Pappe on Faulty Peace Efforts
Israeli historian Ilan Pappe says Washington promotes peace "based on three faulty principles:"
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