this is an excerpt from an article published in the jerusalem post in 2012. here in brief is the case for…

this is an excerpt from an article published in the jerusalem post in 2012. here in brief is the case for jewish settlements in the west bank: it is in israels acute national interest to prevent the west bank from serving as a terrorist base, from which rockets, mortars and possibly weapons of mass destruction would be launched at israel. the only way effectively to prevent the conversion of the west bank into a hamastan terror base is by maintaining a significant jewish population there. since most of the settlers are actually living in jerusalem suburbs, their presence there also prevents any capitulations by israel to pressures regarding relinquishing jerusalem. what reason does plaut give to justify jewish settlements on palestinian land? to prevent the west bank from developing weapons of mass destruction to prevent the west bank from becoming a terrorist base to prevent the west bank from becoming economically independent to prevent the west bank from relinquishing jerusalem

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