Joseph Catron wrote: > Pretty much every country maintaining diplomatic relations with Israel > considers the Green Line its border, including the United States. I don't > believe Israel has ever formally claimed the post-1967 territories, > excluding "East Jerusalem," as its own (which would raise certain > uncomfortable questions about voting rights and apartheid). Perhaps I don't > correctly understand your question?
there was a diplomatic initiative a year or so ago, led (as I understand it) by Saudi Arabia, trying to get Arab countries to recognize Israel diplomatically -- in exchange for something like Israel being restricted to its pre-1967 boundaries. This restriction would be more than formal. -- Jim Devine "All science would be superfluous if the form of appearance of things directly coincided with their essence." -- KM _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
