COMMON MYTHS VS FACTS #1

MYTH:

Israel can end the conflict by withdrawing from the ‘West Bank’/Settlements are the biggest challenge for peace.

FACT:

In efforts of withdrawing “land for peace,” Israel left Gaza in 2005. Since then, instead of utilizing the opportunity to build economic growth in the area, Palestinian leaders spent their resources producing thousands of continuous rockets to be fired from Gaza into Israel and several tunnels built to try to infiltrate Israel.

If Israel withdrew from Judea & Samaria, the land would be controlled by terrorists. The current Palestinian Authority leadership in the West Bank provides ongoing funding to President Mahmoud Abbas, who admittedly pays salaries to terrorists, while knowing the extent of the corruption of his regime and its lack of democracy.

Until Palestinian leaderships agrees to a solution that provides Israel the security it requires, Israel’s shared presence in Judea & Samaria is just.