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Israel is systematically destructing any prospects for a viable Palestinian existence as it annexes valuable land and major resources (water particularly), leaving the shrinking territories assigned to Palestinians as unviable cantons, largely separated from one another and from whatever little bit of Jerusalem is to be left to Palestinians, and completely imprisoned as Israel takes over the Jordan valley (and of course controls air space, etc.). Less than 11% of original Palestine land after 1967 is left over for the Palestinians and these are mostly separated from each other.
The "Hinkansut" or withdrawal (how cynic) is of course completely illegal, in violation of Security Council resolutions and the unanimous decision of the World Court (including the dissenting statement of US Justice Buergenthal).
The cantons are very much like the bantustans in S-Africa inflicted by the SA Apartheid regime which all the world hated. No wonder Mandela fully condems the Israeli Apartheid system.
I wonder what MaggieL would say if complete strangers would take over her house claiming their family lived there 150 years ago, exiled her to the backyard shed and even there has to give up half of that living space. Would she say: "It's too bad"?
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