This has nothing to do with the settlements
From 1948-1967 there were no settlements, was Israel accepted into the International Red Cross, the security council, etc.? the answer is no. Settlements etc. are an excuse, we see this clearly from what happened in Lebanon. Israel withdrew, and called in the UN to mark the border. Did that stop Hizbullah and Lebanon? Of course not. They came up with another excuse. What does the world say about this? Very little. What does the UN do? Less then nothing (the UN hid a videotape of the kidnapping of 3 Israeli soldiers for 8 months). What does the press say about this? When it comes to the West Bank and Gaza, the press consistently refers to it as "occupied territory", NOT disputed territory (which is what it really is). Yet when it comes to the Shaaba Farms area which the UN stated black on white is not part of Lebanon, the press calls it "disputed" territory, why?
