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Originally Posted by Abraham
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Originally Posted by The Avon Lady
Makes no difference.
Abraham, I disagree with your statement:
"Sharon is (was) the first Israeli politician to take the drastic step of giving up land without anything (peace) in return."
The first was Rabin.
Some would argue the first was Begin.
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Begin gave up Egypthian territory after a peace accord with Sadat, sponsored by Jimmy Carter. That was "land for peace", a long held principle of Israeli foreign policy. |
Those that would argue otherwise will point out that Egypt's government and people internally continue to talk about and refer to the demise of Israel.
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Rabin was prepared to give up land after the Oslo Accord with Yassir Arafat, sponsored by Bill Clinton. As far as I know Israel did not actually withdraw and certainly not unilaterally withdraw from occupied territory
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I do not know what "occupied" means.
In any case, you seem to have forgotten that areas were designated as "A", "B" and "C". Areas "A" are in complete independent control of the PA, "B" are jointly controled and "C" are Israeli controlled.