Maybe he sits with Abbas and puts together a deal that looks like the Geneva Initiative with a rational implementation protocol that is performance based and allows for Jewish citizenship in a Palestinian state, with a guaranty that there will be no mortgage or tax subsidy to any dual citizens living in the new Palestine. IDF withdrawal based on PA security performance. They even cut a fair deal on Arab AND Jewish refugees from 1948.
They have a nice signing ceremony on the Temple Mount.
The February Israeli elections will be a referendum for or against peace. The April Palestinian elections also become a referendum for or against peace.
Both sides have to decide if peace is what they really want.
Richard Holbrooke said the key to success at Dayton was timing. Maybe they could invite him in to help bridge differences. |
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