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Darranar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 10:27 AM
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20. So because there is no final border the territory is "disputed"?
Not quite...

Annexations don't have to be of disputed territory. All the land east of the Green Line is occupied, because Israel conquered it in 1967 and hasn't yet given it back. In the context of any viable peace agreement, Israel will end up annexing some occupied land. That fact doesn't make the land "disputed" though, any more than the fact that in any just peace agreement the Palestinians will end up annexing some Israeli land makes Israeli territory disputed...
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