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Will, I don't want to sidetrack this thread in a politics bog, but that map you've posted is deceptive. The "Palestinian land" in 2000 shows Palestinian areas under nominal Palestinian control, not land Israel has formally declared to be Palestinian land under the terms of the 2000 Camp David and Sharm el Sheikh accords, which were the last time any significant progress was made in the peace talks. At that time, Israel formally designated the Gaza Strip and over 98% of the West Bank to be Palestinian land for a Palestinian State. Technically, those portions not under Palestinian control are considered to be under temporary military control by the IDF until Palestinian Security Forces are able to regroup and take over and ensure safety, security, and that they will not let terrorists into Israel. But there is only around 1.5% of the Palestinians' total land demands that are still technically in question, and that's only because they're holding out for half of Jerusalem proper, instead of just doing the inevitable land swap and getting things wrapped up.
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Dull sublunary lovers love,
Whose soul is sense, cannot admit
Absence, because it doth remove
That thing which elemented it.
(From "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne)
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