Israeli legislature battles over Jordan Valley
Labor Knesset member Hilik Bar has presented a bill against annexing any territories within Judea, Samaria and Gaza, heading off a proposed annexation of the Jordan Valley.
![PALESTINIANS-ISRAELIS/TALKS Israeli parliament member Hilik Bar (L) gestures as he sits next to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah October 7, 2013. Abbas held a rare meeting with the group of Israeli parliamentarians on Monday, warning that this could be the last chance to reach a deal to end decades of Israeli-Palestinian conflict and create two independent states living side-by-side. REUTERS/Abbas Momani/Pool (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX142QN](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2014/01/RTX142QN.jpg/RTX142QN.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=l-L7CCkV)
The Israeli political center and left are at the height of a defensive holding battle with the right wing, which is trying to put up obstacles to prevent any transfer of land to the Palestinians within the framework of a diplomatic agreement. At the center of the ideological argument is the idea of the two-state solution, on which all Israeli governments have based the frameworks of their negotiations with the Palestinian Authority since the 1993 Oslo Accord.
The leaders of the right wing and the settlers of Judea and Samaria present two central arguments against the establishment of a Palestinian state in the territory of Judea and Samaria, most of which Israel would be forced to evacuate in such a plan. The first claim is that since the start of the settlement enterprise in the West Bank in the mid-1970s, facts have been established on the ground that preclude the evacuation of more than 300,000 Israelis, and no solution is feasible.
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