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His New Middle East, when read in the context of the speech, is a statement of what is today. All of the international borders shown on the map are what is today.
Oh, so now we have international borders drawn on what Bibi says?
The map below clearly shows both the West Bank and Gaza as being distinct from Israel. They call it 'armistice lines' but they're the internationally recognised borders after the 1967 war.
If you disagree with this, then why aren't the millions of Palestinians in both the West Bank and Gaza Israeli citizens and given the rights and protections that citizenship would afford them?
Very, very few countries apart from Israel view the West Bank and Gaza as part of Israeli. Pretty sure even the US doesn't see it like that. To display a map showing Israel as including the Occupied Territories is no shock for the absolutist Israeli govt, but they shouldn't go whining about it when maps appear that cut Israel out of the picture.
Oh, so now we have international borders drawn on what Bibi says?
The map below clearly shows both the West Bank and Gaza as being distinct from Israel. They call it 'armistice lines' but they're the internationally recognised borders after the 1967 war.
If you disagree with this, then why aren't the millions of Palestinians in both the West Bank and Gaza Israeli citizens and given the rights and protections that citizenship would afford them?
Very, very few countries apart from Israel view the West Bank and Gaza as part of Israeli. Pretty sure even the US doesn't see it like that. To display a map showing Israel as including the Occupied Territories is no shock for the absolutist Israeli govt, but they shouldn't go whining about it when maps appear that cut Israel out of the picture.
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