are the settlements on the west bank of jordan-river a "barrier" preventing peace?

are the SETTLEMENTS in the region called west bank preventing peace? some accuse they are a major barrier or "the major barrier" i doubt that because "the greatest barrier or difficulty in arab-israeli peace issues" cannot be this issue not even a bit of a barrier! look at what happened when Israel ENDED the settlements in gaza with evacuation-
did that cause peace on the gazan border? tragic-ly, we have been reminded for the past months... violence is now frequent at the gaza border. settlements are not a cause not even a bit and there removal does not end the arab violence.
consider the situation in spring of april 1967 the so-called 1967 border-- in precisely THAT situation of the 1967  border occurred the 1967 war when there was such a border and when there were ZERO jewish settlements in the west bank. the arabs made war in that situation.
so "making a border of 1967" or removing the settlements would simply return to that situation when the war occurred. war is far from peace! the arabs and so-called-palestinians who truly speak arabic showing they are arabs- so zero palestinians exist... refused to make peace with peaceful israel BEFORE even one settlement was built there.
have we forgotten? prime minister barak dared to offer the PA "end the settlements" a move i doubt was proper... yet he thought it was correct and did offer it. the fact is the arab representative rejected the offer because that is not the barrier to peace not even a bit and certainly not the major barrier preventing peace.
the idea which prevents the peace with arabs is the REFUSAL of arab leaders to recognize the existence of israel yet EGYPT magically recognized israel and there has not been a war between egypt and israel in almost fifty 50 years!
furthermore if we assume just for a moment that the arabs believe they have a privilige to "return" then equally the jews should have at least the same rights and priviliges to return to where jews have always lived on both sides of the jordan river as in the days of solomon when jerusalem was the capital city of rule before the division of jerobam.
yet they TRAMPLE equality complaining on the two opposite issues give us the privilige to return but not give jews that same privilige in the west bank. that is tarmpling equality and shows hatred towards jews. i think jordan should have jews in its governing bodies but who complains about that??
the bottom line is even before the settlements in that region and in gaza and even after the moving of jews from the gaza settlements the arabs refused to make peace showing that this is not the issue. we must inform people to criticize those arabic organizations who incite violence and refuse to recognize the multi-racial and peace loving state of israel. until they recognize it the arabs will claim that is an excuse to be violent. that is the proximal and direct cause of the bad violence.