By Ben Cohen
A fascinating reader email published on Andrew Sullivan's blog details the complexities of the Israeli settlements. The crux of the email:
When the Israelis reject such calls for a settlement freeze, they're not really talking about the fanatical little outposts that everyone knows are going to be completely dismantled as soon as everyone gets their act together.
The fight will be over the minority of settlements that are not adjacent to Israel- ie are outside the scope of the security fence. This has nothing to do with a "freeze"- it's about the eventual uprooting of these pesky little villages and their wildly unhinged/dedicated inhabitants.
