nirreich
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What an odd way to put it, I could substitute your statements and make a similar one. Once the Jewish state decides to put away that belief that they are entitled to anybody's land within Palestine and prove this with action we can make security/border arrangements as a later step in this stage.
As for Gaza it is isolated from Palestine and their representatives are not present in any discussion. So it's unreasonable to demand anything from them unless you bring Hamas to the negotiating table.
You consider them disputed territories, the international world does not. The Israeli army needs to removed along with the majority of their settlers who settled in the past decade or couple mostly. Where are you also getting these details? Do you really want me to believe the Likud will move their settlers whom they sponsor and fund?
Nowhere did I see this 'offer' in current negotiations. It isn't offer, it's more like a bargain with an occupied people's. Which is absurd in itself.
Israel has already agreed since 2000 to the establishment of a free independent Palestinian state, so how that settles with your argument that Israel think it is entitled to anybody's land? So it is up for the Palestinian to accept the existence of Israel as it is and that they will not be able to terrorize it - and we can have peace. I think these are elementary demands that if you want peace then accept the legitimacy of your rival and stop your violent actions against him.
As for Gaza - ask Hamas to accept the above reasonable conditions and we can have peace with it too. Do not expect Israel to negotiate with a terror organisation which is committed to Israel's destruction, would you?
I call the West Bank a disputed territory because that is what they are - illegally occupied by Jordan in 1948 and taken by Israel because of Arab aggression. Mind you that the 1967 borders were a ceasefire lines, not an international border that any nation on earth recognized as such. Hence these are disputed territories and Israel has full legitimacy to continue to hold then until an agreement is reached and its security concerns are fully answered - mind you, the West Bank was used as for military operations against Israel before and after 1967, so Israel has a substantial argument.
As for the international community, all of the sides accept resolution 242 of the UNSC which clearly states that Israel is not obliged to withdraw to the 1967 line, but from unspecific "territories" and has the right to exist in peace and security.