COMMON FACTS VS. MYTHS #2 MYTH: Israel Keeps stealing palestinian land. FACT: Arabs continuously refuse accepting any form of peace plan offered.In 1937, the Peel Commission proposed the partition of Palestine and the creation of an Arab state. In 1939, the British White Paper proposed the creation of a unitary Arab state. In 1947, the UN would have created an even larger Arab state as part of its partition plan. The 1979 Camp David Accords offered the Palestinians autonomy, which would almost certainly have led to full independence. The Oslo agreements of the 1990s laid out a path for Palestinian independence, but the process was derailed by terrorism. In 2000, Prime Minister Ehud Barak offered to create a Palestinian state in all of Gaza and 97 percent of the West Bank. In 2008, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert offered to withdraw from almost the entire West Bank and partition Jerusalem on a demographic basis. In 2014, President Barak Obama presents a framework to Abbas, who refuses to respond. In 2020 President Donald Trump offered a comprehensive peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians called “Peace to Prosperity,” REJECTED by Palestinian leadership.From 1948 to 1967, Israel did not control the West Bank. The Palestinians could have demanded an independent state from the Jordanians. Return to Myths vs, Facts Home