Not one inch

The settlement movement embraced Begin's campaign pledge not to return an inch of territory without a peace agreement.

[1] The Israeli youth group Betar produced a button with the slogan "Not One Inch" prior to the Israel and Egypt peace Treaty.

In 1987, Shamir rejected the Peres–Hussein London Agreement, which would have returned much of the territory of West Bank and Gaza to Jordanian control.

The question at that time was whether then Prime Minister Ariel Sharon should remove Israeli settlements from Gaza.

Roger Cohen, writing an op-ed for The New York Times, said: "He is a true believer in Greater Israel, and will not give up one inch of the land between the Mediterranean and the Jordan River.