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JonathanInTelAviv: "it [continued settlement expansion] adds pressure to the Palestinians to end the conflict before it's too late."
Ironically, what may be "too late" with continued settlement expansion in the West Bank is Israel's existence as a Jewish state.
Or do you really think that Israel can continue to occupy the West Bank without giving the Arabs living there the right to vote in Israeli elections indefinitely?
JonathanInTelAviv: "We could get by without it [U.S. aid]."
So you don't think Israel would stop settlement expansion even if the U.S. were to make our aid conditional upon it?
JonathanInTelAviv: "This might sound canned, but it's true: You can't see the US as anything less than committed to a safe, secure Israel at peace with our neighbors."
I can't see that, no. That doesn't answer my question, however - I'll ask it again:
Do you agree that if the United States were to condition their aid to Israel on stopping settlement expansion that it would be perceived that the U.S. was getting serious with respect to the Israeli/Palestinian peace process?
