Since Israel signed on to the "road map" and committed to dismantling "unauthorized" settlements, ONLY 9 houses have been removed

Matt Yglesias talks to Akiva Eldar, author of the new book "Lords of The Land", here

"... He had a good line about the incompatibility of the settlement policy with the Zionist dream of a secure, democratic Jewish state, noting that commitment to the policy had made Israel "less Jewish, less democratic, and less secure..."