"[Israel needs] to create a continuous stretch of new Jewish settlements; to bolster Jerusalem and the surrounding hills, from the north, from the east, and from the south and from the west, by means of the establishment of Jewish townships, suburbs and villages - Ma'aleh Adumim, Ofrah, Gilo, Beit El, Givon and Nahal outposts - to ensure that the Jewish capital and its flanks are secured and underpinned by urban and rural settlements.
"These settlements will be connected to the coastal plain and Jordan Valley by new lateral axis roads; the settlements along the Jordan River are intended to establish the Jordan River as [Israel's] de facto security border; however, it is the settlements on the western slopes of the hills of Samaria and Judea which will deliver us from the curse of Israel's 'narrow waist'"
-- Shimon Peres, in his book "Tomorrow is Now" (Keter, 1978), p. 48, quoted by Martin Sherman
"These settlements will be connected to the coastal plain and Jordan Valley by new lateral axis roads; the settlements along the Jordan River are intended to establish the Jordan River as [Israel's] de facto security border; however, it is the settlements on the western slopes of the hills of Samaria and Judea which will deliver us from the curse of Israel's 'narrow waist'"
-- Shimon Peres, in his book "Tomorrow is Now" (Keter, 1978), p. 48, quoted by Martin Sherman