Two drafts of a document meant to set the parameters for negotiations during US-brokered talks in early 2014 recognized Israel as a Jewish state, dropped the Palestinian demand for a "right of return" and set Jerusalem as the capital for both Israel and Palestine, according to Israeli daily Haaretz, which says it obtained copies of the drafts.
Shapiro and Stern believe coming to a consensus on borders and strong, peace-minded leadership from both the Israelis and Palestinians will create the safest and most successful two-state solution. For them it is Jewish land grab of Arab "Palestinian" land, and an ensuing "occupation".
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's office on Tuesday slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's pledge to keep permanent security control over the West Bank, saying Israel was "not ready" for peace.
Settlements in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem are illegal under global law and are seen as one of the greatest obstacles to peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
During the period prior to the attack against Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser perpetrated by Israel on June 5, 1967, Nasser was portrayed as an evil and risky anti-Israel demagogue who wanted to bring Israel to its knees.
Hundreds of Israelis have held a protest rally in Israel's Haifa to call for an end to the Tel Aviv regime's 50-year occupation of Palestinian territories.
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In a statement released Sunday, Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization, said that for Palestinians, this week marks "50 years of oppression, subjugation and daily control over all aspects of people's lives".
On the global stage, a large majority - 67 percent - said that Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria "does not contribute", to one degree or another, to Israel's diplomatic efforts.
"At the same time, it has also meant 50 years of statements and worldwide resolutions that Israel, the occupying power, has insisted on violating with impunity", he said.
The so-called "occupied territories" are, in fact, territories in dispute, not illegally occupied, and after failed peace efforts in 1967, Israel has tried to forge peace with its Arab neighbors on multiple occasions. Arab governments that had gone to war to prevent Israel's creation still expected to someday erase it from the map.
This staggering investment suggests that Israel intends to stay put in the West Bank and East Jerusalem settlements, illegal under worldwide law, where about 600,000 colonists live among 2.9 million Palestinians and stir violence, protected by successive governments and deliberately not seen by the world for the irritant extremists that they are. "We do not have a partner we can trust", Stern told The Media Line, stating that he does not believe peace is not a part of Palestinian Authority's national interest, and cited Palestinian leaders who support terrorism against Israel. The result: the total surface area of settler unit construction in the West Bank has doubled over the past 18 years.
"That is why in any agreement - and without an agreement - we shall maintain security control over all the territory west of the Jordan" river.
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