This is the "Allon Plan" for the
annexation and return of lands conquered in 1967. Allon proposed that Israel
annex Jerusalem and two eastern sections of the Westbank: the Jordan
Valley, and the Northern Dead Sea area. The rest of the Westbank would
be annexed to Jordan (the demand for a Palestinian state hadn't really
hadn't heated up yet). The Allon Plan was based on the concept of
defensible borders, not on the concept of "Jewish sacred land". Allon
did not propose, for example, that Israel annex Hebron. The Labour
Party's position has always been in tune with the Allon Plan, with
defensible borders their main concern, whereas Likud is highly concerned
with the ideological/religious importance of the Westbank. It should be noted, however,
that Allon proposed the annexation of the Gaza Strip, and the purely insane
idea of the "TRANSFER" of its inhabitants to the Westbank. This crazy
idea is not supported by the Labour party, who gave most of Gaza
to the Palestinians during OSLO.
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