Editing 2000 Camp David Summit (section)

=== Territorial contiguity ===
In the proposed Palestinian state, Gaza Strip would be discontinuous from the West Bank. The degree to which the West Bank itself would be dis-contiguous is disputed. [[Noam Chomsky]] writes that the West Bank would have been divided into three cantons and Palestinian East Jerusalem would have constituted the fourth canton; all 4 cantons would be separated from one another by Israeli territory.<ref>{{cite news|author=[[Noam Chomsky]]|title= The solution is the problem|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/may/11/usa.comment}}</ref> Other sources also said that the proposed West Bank would be divided into three cantons.<ref>{{cite web|title=Failed compromise at Camp David|author=Feisal Husseini|date=December 2000 |publisher=[[Le Monde Diplomatique]]|url=https://mondediplo.com/2000/12/12campdavid}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The United States and the Breakdown of the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process|author=[[Stephen Zunes]]|date=December 2001 |url=https://mepc.org/journal/united-states-and-breakdown-israeli-palestinian-peace-process}}</ref><ref name=seekingmandela/> By contrast, [[Ehud Barak]] said the West Bank would only be divided by a wedge of Israeli territory stretching from Maale Adumim to the Jordan River, but would otherwise be continuous.<ref>{{cite news|title= Arafat didn't negotiate – he just kept saying no|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/may/23/israel3}}</ref>

The Palestinians reacted strongly negatively to the proposed cantonization of the West Bank into three blocs, which the Palestinian delegation likened to South African [[Bantustan]]s, a loaded word that was disputed by the Israeli and American negotiators.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=HVTpUHEcfncC&pg=PA1993-IA4 Decoding the Conflict Between Israel and the Palestinians, Charles River Editors], Chapter 17</ref> Settlement blocs, bypassed roads and annexed lands would create barriers between [[Nablus]] and [[Jenin]] with [[Ramallah]]. The Ramallah bloc would in turn be divided from [[Bethlehem]] and [[Hebron]]. A separate and smaller bloc would contain [[Jericho]]. Further, the border between West Bank and Jordan would additionally be under Israeli control. The Palestinian Authority would receive pockets of East Jerusalem which would be surrounded entirely by annexed lands in the West Bank.<ref>{{cite web|title=Camp David Projection, July 2000|url=http://www.passia.org/publications/bookmaps/page2.htm#_ednref5|publisher=Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs|access-date=27 December 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111230312/http://www.passia.org/publications/bookmaps/page2.htm#_ednref5|archive-date=11 January 2012}}</ref>