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IntroductionFinal BordersJerusalemRefugeesSettlements
Core Issue Israel Palestinian Authority Barriers to Trust In their own words
Settlements Religious Jews assert that settling the land of Israel is a Torah command. Others would forsake that command to save lives and gain peace. Military experts say some settlements are required to provide defensible borders.

Because settlements violate Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, Israeli settlers are legitimate targets for military action.

Though all settlements were removed from the Gaza Strip, military attacks on Israel continue from there.

Despite Israel’s agreement to remove them, dozens of Israeli outposts remain standing.

"…we will deal with all the core issues. I have no doubt that the reality created in our region in 1967 will change significantly." (Olmert, 2007)

"I must defend…the right of our people to see a new dawn, without occupation, without settlement, without separation walls…" (Abbas, 2007)

 
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Article 49 of the Geneva Convention

 

"…The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies."

From the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
The provisions of the Geneva Convention regarding forced population transfer to occupied sovereign territory cannot be viewed as prohibiting the voluntary return of individuals to the towns and villages from which they, or their ancestors, had been ousted. Nor does it prohibit the movement of individuals to land which was not under the legitimate sovereignty of any state and which is not subject to private ownership. In this regard, Israeli settlements have been established only after an exhaustive investigation process, under the supervision of the Supreme Court of Israel, designed to ensure that no communities are established on private Arab land. It should be emphasised that the movement of individuals to the territory is entirely voluntary, while the settlements themselves are not intended to displace Arab inhabitants, nor do they do so in practice.

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Ehud Olmert
  From The Jewish Virtual Library:
Following Ariel Sharon's decision to leave the Likud Party in November 2005, Olmert joined with Sharon and several other former Likud ministers to form the new centrist party, Kadima. On January 4, 2006, Sharon suffered a massive stroke that left him unable to perform his dutires as prime minister. On January 5, Olmert was given acting prime ministerial duties to keep the government running effectively in Sharon's absence…Olmert remained acting Prime Minister until the Israeli elections, which took place on March 28, 2006.  Following elections… Ehud Olmert became Prime Minister of the 31st Government of Israel.
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Mahmoud Abbas
  Mahmoud Abbas (also known as Abu Mazen) was part of Yasser Arafat's trusted inner circle and served in many leadership roles within Fatah, Arafat's powerful faction. Abbas was an architect of the Oslo Accords. He became President of the Palestinian Authority in January 2005, following Arafat's death.
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