Re: west bank
Jerusalem has at times been a part of Palestinian life, as well as since the beginning of recorded history the centre of the Jewish heart and soul. While Israel holds Jerusalem, it allows Palestinians, Israeli Arabs (both Christian, who are far more civilized and less apt to violence, and Muslim, for whom violence seems to be a first resort), and visitors from around the world to visit.
I shudder to think what would happen if an Arab government ever held Jerusalem. Oops, wait, they did up until 1967, and until then Jerusalem was a run-down shanty town. Now that there's tourism and money to be made, the Arabs want it back. Big surprise.
The Palestinians and Israel were negotiating until the very last days of BArak's administration. Sharon refused negotiations altogether, well before the suicide bombings began, and continued to refuse them whenever they stopped
This is a lie. Arafat and Barghouti announced the intifada and suicide bombings became commonplace before the election that put Sharon in power. How do we know this? Because it was the bombings that put a right wing government in power.
The public became disenfranchised with the concessions (however large or small) like Oslo, that gave us the divisions of the West Bank (i.e. Areas A and B) that allowed Palestinian terrorist groups to arm themselves without Israeli supervision. They demanded security and a hard reaction to the Arabs' terrorism and put Sharon in power.
Your lack of real knowledge of the situation is appalling.
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