In case you wanted to understand. . .
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update, an alternative version of the above map
In case you want to understand. . .
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(black, blue and light blue areas are Israeli Settlements)
(light yellow areas surrounding darker are israeli controlled areas (called area C) that surround the palestinian population centers.)
Black, Blue and Light Blue are Settlement and Military holdings of Israel. Bright Red dots are israeli military bases.
This is the current palestinian lands drawn as a series of carribean islands and atolls in a kind of palestinian archipelago
It was this development that caused Arafat to leave the peace talk negotiations. Clinton said that he would get no better deal, but it was a political impossibility to negotiate a position where, if you win, your people live in a balkanized/pseudo-apartheid state.
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(these are settlements in East Jerusalem, not shown in the above map)
note the segregation wall (red)
what is not shown in the above picture are the roads around east jerusalem that palestinians are not allowed to use.
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(Israeli roads in the west bank not accessible by Palestinians)
(the forbidden roads of the West Bank, forbidden to palestinian foot and road traffic)
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Israel uses a number of means to restrict Palestinian movement in the West Bank . These means, which are part of a single, coordinated control mechanism, which Israel adjusts to its needs, include the following: permanent and temporary checkpoints, physical obstructions, the Separation Barrier, forbidden roads or roads with restrictions on Palestinian use, and the movement-permit regime. By implementing these means, Israel has split the area into six geographical areas: North, Center, South, the Jordan Valley and northern Dead Sea, the enclaves resulting from the Separation Barrier, and East Jerusalem, an integral part of the West Bank. Movement between the sections and within each section has become, in recent years, hard, slow, and complicated. Also, Israel almost completely forbids the movement of Palestinians between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and impedes Palestinians from entering Israel and from going abroad.
These restrictions have significantly affected the daily lives of Palestinians in commerce, in access to medical treatment and educational institutions, and in conducting social activities. Simple actions such as going to work in a nearby town, marketing farm produce, obtaining medical treatment, and visiting relatives entail bureaucratic procedures and great uncertainty. Often, the end result is that the army denies the application for a movement permit.
there, now you should have a pretty good understanding of the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict.
and of the only way to achieve its resolution, without endless war-turned-into-slow-but-steady-genocide.
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update: from the World Bank 4 days ago
The World Bank recommended "that continued easing of the economic restrictions on the West Bank, and lifting the Gaza blockade, remain a top priority for the government of Israel.
"Specifically, it urges unlocking of the economic potential of Area C in the West Bank," it said, referring to the more than 60 percent of the territory that is under complete Israeli civil and military control.
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Update 2:For Christy
Water Aquifers in the west bank to compare with maps above.
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update 3: pre-1948 map of palestine, the populated lands of palestine
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Update 4: some object to the top map, I am going to put in another that attempts to show the Jewish lands as they were pre 1947.
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Update 5: thanks soysauce, was looking for this one.