Myths & Facts: MYTH – Israel must dismantle all the settlements or peace is impossible. | Jewish Virtual Library | Jewishvirtuallibrary

Myths & Facts: MYTH – Israel must dismantle all the settlements or peace is impossible. | Jewish Virtual Library | Jewishvirtuallibrary

FACT
If and when serious negotiations begin over the final status of the West Bank, battle lines will be drawn over which settlements should be incorporated into Israel, and which must be evacuated. In August 2005, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon acknowledged that “not all the settlements that are today in Judea and Samaria will remain Israeli,” while leaked Palestinian negotiating documents indicate the Palestinians were prepared to accept that some settlements will be incorporated into Israel.⁷⁷⁵…