Didn Israels proposal at Camp David in 2000 give the Palestinians almost all of the territories occupied by Israel in 1967?
No. Israel sought to annex almost 9% of the Occupied Palestinian Territories, which constitutes 23% of historic Palestine, and in exchange offered only 1% of Israel’s own territory. In addition, Israel sought control over an additional 10% of the Occupied Palestinian Territories in the form of a “long-term lease”. The territory over which Israel insisted on maintaining control would have made the proposed Palestinian state non-contiguous, sort of like Swiss cheese, with Israel controlling all access from one piece to the next. Thus, the issue is not one of percentages – the issue is one of viability and independence. In a prison for example, 95% of the prison compound is ostensibly for the prisoners – cells, cafeterias, gym and medical facilities – but the remaining 5% is all that is needed for the prison guards to maintain control over the prisoner population. Similarly, the Camp David proposal, while admittedly making Palestinian prison cells larger, failed to end Israeli control ove
