I do not know what the Mitchell report says, but it is not an official policy statement of the United States government. The Unites States does not regard settlements as "illegal".
Moreover, please address the patent double standard as to why it is that Palestine must be Judenrein while Israel must allow Palestinians to return? Certainly you are aware that Jews were evicted from the west bank and Jerusalem after 1948. Prior to 1948 Jews could settle anywhere on that land, and prior to the creation of Transjordan, Jews could settle there, too. Why now is all this land forbidden to Jewish settlement, and why is that OK with the UN and others apologists for Islamism?
I do not know what the Mitchell report says, but it is not an official policy statement of the United States government. The Unites States does not regard settlements as "illegal".Check the text of President Bush's "anti-Arafat" speech. He specifically endorsed the findings of the Mitchell Committee with respect to the settlements.
Moreover, please address the patent double standard as to why it is that Palestine must be Judenrein while Israel must allow Palestinians to return? Certainly you are aware that Jews were evicted from the west bank and Jerusalem after 1948. Prior to 1948 Jews could settle anywhere on that land, and prior to the creation of Transjordan, Jews could settle there, too. Why now is all this land forbidden to Jewish settlement, and why is that OK with the UN and others apologists for Islamism?The Palestinian Authority has backed off on its demand for the "right of return". I would expect that in a final peace deal, Israel would demand, quite fairly, that Jews be treated in Palestine at least as well as Arabs are currently treated in Israel. That would not, of course, include special access roads, water perogatives, special status vis a vis the police, and the right to Arabrein communities of their own.
-Eric