(Barak Ravid) - "... Netanyahu is weighing a withdrawal of Israel Defense Forces troops from the West Bank and a series of other measures to block the "diplomatic tsunami" that may follow international recognition of a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders at the United Nations General Assembly in September. The extent of the withdrawal is still unclear, but at this stage Netanyahu is not considering the evacuation of settlements...
The second idea is to seek an international umbrella in the form of an international conference, in which both Israel and the Palestinian Authority would participate, and which would call for a resumption of negotiations...
The third idea is to use diplomatic pressure on Western countries (the U.S., the European Union, Canada, Australia and others ) against the recognition of a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly....
"Perhaps the Palestinians will have a majority in the UN, but what matters is not only the quantity but also the quality," Netanyahu said.(borrowing from the great minds of the Phalangist party in Lebanon!)
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Interesting.
The first proposal brings up alot of questions. The main reason the IDF is in the West Bank is to protect the settlers. If the IDF did in fact leave the West Bank alot of the settlements would be forced to go.
Just look at Hebron for example. A city home to 165,000 Palestinians and 500 Israeli settlers. The IDF however have stationed troops outside every single settler home mainly in the H2 area and restricted Palestinian movement in the area.
In my view if the IDF withdrew from the West Bank (naturally including Herbron) I don't see a single settler being able to stay.
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