Palestinians are highly attuned to the presence of the matrix, since they hit up against it every time they move, but they must comprehend it as an integrated system of control if they hope to dismantle it. An area the size of Tel Aviv divided into ten or twenty small points of control will rob the Palestinian state of its viability. It is not territory alone that is important, although contiguous territory is essential for a viable state. Eliminating the key nodes of control is no less crucial. The structure and workings of the matrix are extremely subtle, however, and knowing how to dismantle it requires careful analysis.
Some control points are obvious.
The settlement of Ma aleh Adumim plays a key role in creating a Greater Jerusalem and preventing territorial contiguity. The E-1 area of 13,000 dunums that Israel annexed after the elections brings Ma aleh Adumim all the way to Jerusalem. Among the developments that Israel plans for that crucial hole are ten hotels, tourist facilities, an entertainment and sports center, office complexes, an extension of the Hebrew University, industrial parks, a regional Egged parking facility, a waste disposal facility, a cemetery and 1,500 housing units for Israelis, all connected to Jerusalem, Modi in and Tel Aviv by major highways. Moreover, the system of Israeli roads on the West Bank converges in Ma aleh Adumim. Israel only has to declare Ma aleh Adumim a closed military area, as it has done in the past, and it can paralyze movement throughout the West Bank and Jerusalem.