e only realistic option. This outcome would have advantages. It would give both Israelis and Palestinians their own government and land; it would reduce tensions and allow money to be shifted to human development instead of military use; once there was separation, Israel and Palestine could cooperate economically; and the US would give aid to both sides to make sure the peace worked. But the resolve of one problem cause the outbreak of the other ones. There are over 200,000 Jewish settlers in the Occupied Territories. In the past, settler leaders have stated their intention to fight any effort to force them to live under Palestinian authority or to leave their settlements. The same may happen today. A very important thing is that the economies of the two regions have become so connected that separating them into two countries would create enormous problems. Both Israel and the Occupied Territories are small lands with imbalanced economies that are dependent upon each other.Expulsion of the PalestiniansIn the 1970's an American extremist rabbi Meir Kahane moved to Israel and formed a political party. He described Arabs as a cancer and vermin that had to be expelled. He said the presence of non-Jews in Israel was a corrupting force that compromised Jewish civilization. Today there are two Israeli parties that advocate expulsion of Palestinians. And some public opinion polls say that almost 40% of the Israeli public would consider some form of expulsion. While expulsion would be a radical outcome, there are reasons why it might happen. The Jewish settlements are in place in the Occupied Territories and have taken much of the Palestinian land. They could be used as assault points on the Palestinian population. Also, large numbers of Jews might come from Russia, perhaps a million or more. Also, some Israelis favor an effort to get Palestinians to leave through economic pressure: denying them jobs or a way to make a living. But the expulsion ...
