| Palestine (594 words) |
 | Its stated objectives are to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine, to negotiate an independent Palestinian state and to ensure Israeli security. |
| This allows Israel to claim that "the occupation" is over, even while claiming permanent control of huge settlement blocs throughout the West Bank and Gaza, and maintaining control of all of Jerusalem as Israel's permanent capital. |
| If the defenders of Israel's occupation in the Bush administration, now largely unchallenged, continue to have their way, that may be exactly where this road map leads. |
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