Abbas Rejects U.S. Peace Proposal, Again

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62. It seems as if you've got difficulties forming a cogent argument about the land swaps.

The 2013 amendment of the Arab League peace plan wasn't really that much: "But, unlike in previous such offers, he cited the possibility of “comparable,” mutually agreed and “minor” land swaps between the Israelis and the Palestinians." (http://www.timesofisrael.com/in-sea-change-arab-league-backs-land-swaps-in-peace-talks/) I'm not against land swaps in principle, but the swaps must be equal and not make a prospective Palestinian state unviable even before it gets off the ground. So if Israel offers a square foot of Negev desert, they can swap it for a Palestinian square foot of desert, and if Israel wants a square foot of East Jerusalem, logically it would be swapped for a square foot in Western Jerusalem. For me that's pretty simple.

The problem is that due to the placement of the settlements, most, if not all of them can't be swapped, or there's simply no political will in Israel to propose an equal swap.

If you think that swaps are possible, please tell me how and where. As it is now, your argument has no substance whatsoever, and I'm not able to evaluate your argument without specifics on the land swaps.