Palestinian Contigous State

[filterxg]

So I've heard Bush talk about how any Palestinian state should be contiguous. I've been looking at population distribution maps, and I wonder if it is possible. It certainly doesn't look like it with neither population distributed in a contiguous section.

Anybody more familiar with the situation please enlighten me.

 

[Infohawk]

Seeing as how jewish colonists are currently settling even the Palestinian territories, it seems hard to believe even a non-contiguous state will come about.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Only way would be for the Palestinians to either give up Gaza or Israel to relase a chunk of land in the south. Neither will happen.

If Israel gave up land, then they would have two seperate land masses; of which one could easily be severed from the other by hostilities. This is what the Arab nations tried to do earlier.

Once Palestine is actualy a viable entitiy that can live without handouts, then I would suspect that Gaza will become even more independent. If/When they remove the deadwood, they have the ability to become a resort area. Will they then want to support the West Bank area?

Remember that Pakistan was originally and East and West Country. Then the Eastern section became fully independant.

 

[0roo0roo]

an overland freeway perhaps. but no gaza and the westbank will not touch. as fo rthe west bank, of course, just shrink back the settlements to the major ones, and the rest is just palestinian and no, the clinton maps Map Reflecting Actual Proposal at Camp David
this map reflects the Clinton Ideas of December 2000. These ideas were accepted by Israel but were rejected by the Palestinians. if you go by the maps as characterized by arafat to justify his rejection of peace, of course it looks impossible. but arafat how do we say it.. lies. his characterizations are just that..characterizations.