CYPRUS AND ISRAEL: LESSONS FOR LASTING PEACE IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
Physical Markers of Division While settlements are often cited as a physical indication of territorial division in Israel, a wall that weaves across the West Bank physically separates Israeli and Palestinian territories as well, with a height of six to eight meters creating an imposing visual remind...
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| Published in: | Harvard international review 2022-01, Vol.43 (1), p.12-17 |
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| Language: | eng |
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| Summary: | Physical Markers of Division While settlements are often cited as a physical indication of territorial division in Israel, a wall that weaves across the West Bank physically separates Israeli and Palestinian territories as well, with a height of six to eight meters creating an imposing visual reminder of the divide. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennet is opposed to Palestinian independence and has called for the "natural growth" of West Bank settlements, clearly expressing that the two-state solution will be impossible during his tenure. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh, however, believes that refusal to adopt a two-state solution at this point in time would cause further destabilization by jeopardizing Israeli Jewish culture, as changing population dynamics are resulting in near parity of the Jewish and Palestinian populations in a combined Israel and Palestine. Furthermore, as nearly 100,000 Turks were shipped from Turkey to TRNC between 1974 and 2005 (where they took possession of former Greek Cypriot property), the stability may have also come at the expense of the commission of war crimes-the 4th Geneva Convention forbids the transfer of citizens of an occupying country to occupied territory. |
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| ISSN: | 0739-1854 2374-6564 |