Around 80% of the so called "Palestinians" approve of or sympathize with the attacks and manuevers of the terrorists.
Why should ANY more innocent Israelis die?
It is time for Israel to get serious about protecting its citizens; it is past time to wipe out ALL of Hamas, PLO, PLA, Islamic Jihad, within Israeli borders (including the so called West Bank and Gaza) etc.
There is room for your idea to also be implemented. I think more than the amount of land you noted should be taken for any future terrorist attacks.
Only when the terrorists realize they will lose in a drastic way if they continue terrorist acts will they even think about stopping the terror and bloodshed.
I know that far, far too many Palestinians support the terror..that is why I am afraid this plan will not produce a negotiated solution. But neither will anything else at this point and at the end of this good faith effort by Israel, they end up with a contiguos and defensable nation.
In addition, what this plan does is put the oweness on those people and show the truth for what it is. All they have to do is escew terrorism amongst themselves and they end up with their desired Palestinian state
But I don't believe they will and that will become apparent leading to a clear and obvious need for Israel to clear the entire terriroties and make them part of Israel for their own defense and in the prosecution of this war as the war it is.
In the mean time, while doing so...they eradicate those organizations as they attack Israelis.
Look, I don't want to see any more innocent Israelis or Americans or others die or suffer either... but at this point, I am afraid there is no way to avoid more Israeli deaths...just to minimize them and resolve the issue fundamentally aand as quickly as possible in the process.
Jeff