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Originally Posted by Nage Waza
You started by asking a pretty good question, then jumped into a bunch of what-if gunk that again just vilifies Israel.
For starters, the settlements are entirely built on land that belonged to Egypt, Syria and Jordan, and all of the land was taken by Israel during times of war. Some of the countries even have peace treaties with Israel. However, the world seems to forget the origins of the land. Israel already gave back the Sinai to Egypt (which is larger than the entire country of Israel) when they signed a peace treaty and also gave back the Gaza Strip to the Palestinians and a chunk of the Westbank, and the Westbank was actually Jordan land. The goal for Israel is land for peace, you decide to be peaceful, we will give you the land.
Why does Israel build on this so called land? They were attacked and kept the strategic land. They have offered the land back, for peace treaties. Had there been someone willing to negotiate, then there probably wouldn't be an issue.
Your entire what-if scenario is based on a complete false history of the region so I won't even bother commenting.
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Such a peaceful process that Israel denies the UN Human Rights Council from even visiting said settlements. If this is such a peaceful/helpful process why not allow UN oversight? What are they hiding from the international community?
Settlement has been long stated as one of the major issues stalling the peace process. There are a lot of hard-liners on both sides of this conflict.
From July this year:
http://www.france24.com/en/20120707-...-with-israelis
Seems like harassment to me