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Israel and Palestine: Historical Backgrounds3091981, and Danny Rubinstein, New Outlook, June/July 1982. On thesharp intensification of repression under the Sharon-Milson repressionfrom November 1981, see Only Do Not Say That You Did Not Know;chapter 3, note 52.49. For specific references and much further discussion, see Kapeliouk,Israel. On “the Judaization of the Galilee,” see TNCW, chapter 9. Themost detailed study of the settlement program is William Wilson Harris,Taking Root: Israeli Settlement in the West Bank, the Golan and Gaza-Sinai, 1967-1980 (Research Studies Press, Wiley, New York, 1980).50. Elisha Efrat, “Spatial Patterns of Jewish and Arab Settlements in Judeaand Samaria,” in Elazar, ed., Judea, Samaria and Gaza.51. Kapeliouk, Israel, p. 65, pp. 44-5, pp. 296f.52. Amnon Kapeliouk, Le Monde, May 15, 1975, translated in Middle EastInternational, July 1975.53. Al Hamishmar, Aug. 22, 29, 1975; A. Droyanov, Sefer Tel Aviv, 1936,vol. 1, sections reprinted in Matzpen, July 1975. See my article “TheInterim Agreement,” New Politics, Winter, 1975-6, for these and otherreferences.54. Jewish Post & Opinion, Sept. 26, 1975.55. See TNCW, pp. 280-1, for discussion.56. Danny Rubinstein, Davar, March 16, 1981. See also Benvenisti’sproposal for “mutual recognition of the national aspirations of Israelis andPalestinians” in the Jerusalem Post, April 7, 1981. Benvenisti was thena candidate for the Knesset on the Citizens Rights List.57. David Richardson, “De facto dual society,” interview with MeronBenvenisti, Jerusalem Post, Sept. 10, 1982. For more details onBenvenisti’s research and conclusions, see David K. Shipler, New YorkTimes, Sept. 12, 1982. Shipler gives the figure of 55-65 percent of theWest Bank under Israeli government control. See also Ian Black,Manchester Guardian Weekly, Sept. 19, 1982; Anthony Lewis, NewYork Times, Nov. 1, 1982, reporting on a briefing by Benvenisti inWashington. See also Lesley Hazelton, “The Israelis’ ‘Irreversible’Settlements,” Nation, Dec. 18, 1982, describing the vast extent of thesettlement projects and noting, inter alia, that Labor “is trying to proveClassics in Politics: The Fateful TriangleNoam Chomsky