[Zygote]

Good post. In all truthfullness, though, Israel should have either given back the land or made it apart of Israel within 10 years of the take over. I think most will admit that this is one of their largest mistakes. I agree that Israel shouldn't have been obligated to give anything, but i just think not doing something with land was poor strategic planning. Many of the anti-israel posters here don't seem to realize that in the middle east your reputation among your peers is very important. The situations that Israel was forced into left them with little choice other than to play back at the bully and take control of the table. You can't play girly when they dirty. Sure, the girly way sometimes looks good on paper, but those with a practical political philosophy know better.