Judea and Samaria are a necessary part of Israel.Formal annexation, however, is not a good idea until the Moslem population is removed. That should have been done in 1967 or, with more diplomatic difficulty, in 1972. Now with Jordan and Egypt being semi allies that is much more difficult. There is really no place to send the Mohammedans of J&S and no way to incorporate them into Israel except as political and eventual physical suicide of the non Moslem population.
That’s right. And honestly the land is not much there either. The Israelis have no “partner for peace” in the Palestinians. There’s no one to negotiate peace with, who wouldn’t be assassinated immediately upon signing a deal. That’s what happened to Sadat, and what would have happend to Arafat if he hadn’t backed out 5 minutes before the signing ceremony.
If the Palestinians want wealth and peace there is a dotted line they could have signed on. There’s very few of them. The cash that goes to the P.A. if it were split among them would make each one of them solidly middle class. Instead it immediately goes back to Europe into the leadership’s personal Swiss bank accounts.
If the US could save the military aid that we send to Israel that would be a meaningful line item in the budget. Everyone wants Peace, except for the Palestinians. But Judea and Samaria are full of them, and it would be utterly ludicrous to try to incorporate those territories into Israel, and there is not going to be a clearance.