the Oslo Accords in 1993, for a period of seven years it seemed there might be an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Netanyahu, during his first term as Prime Minister, signed the Hebron Protocol in 1997 and the Wye River Memorandum in 1998, hoping to sustain a lasting peace.


The world has been grasping for a continuation of the process of peace, in lieu of peace itself, if only to keep another war from igniting in the Middle East.


These agreements failed to produce posi- tive results.


The world has been grasping for a con- tinuation of the process of peace, in lieu of peace itself, if only to keep another war from igniting in the Middle East.


Israelis will soon celebrate 63 years of


independence. They hope the Palestin- ians, along with the global community, will recognize Israel as the nation state of the Jewish People. Netanyahu demands that the signing of any peace treaty will constitute the final end of the conflict. But Abbas refuses to accept Israel as the Jewish homeland. The PLO and Hamas Charters; Palestinian textbooks; state- ments in Arabic by Palestinian leaders; television broadcasts; and Palestinian maps acknowledge the existence of a Palestinian state, but no Jewish State.


More than 10,900 rockets and mortars have been launched against Israel by militants since 2000, according to Hamas statistics; 68% of these attacks occurred after Israel’s 2005 Gaza withdrawal. De- spite Israel’s war with Hamas in 2008-09, terrorist rockets are still being fired on the Jewish State.


Concerned that a West Bank withdrawal will result in rockets launched from there into Israel’s population centers, including Ben Gurion airport, Netanyahu has in- sisted on guaranteed security measures. While he has agreed to a de-militarized Palestinian state, he has been adamant that it must include IDF forces on the eastern border. This is to prevent ter- rorist infiltration from the Jordan Valley. Already, Israel is alarmed by global jihad


Carrie Hart gains a higher perspective with these original photos.


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This page: A temporary anti-terrorist security fence/wall has been built by Israel, along the Green Line, separating Israeli and Palestinian communities. The fence/wall has dramatically cut down on terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians. The structure stretches 454 miles, with construction still underway.


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