By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent and The Associated Press: Clinton: Israel's demolition of East Jerusalem homes harms peace efforts
Talkback
Title:For Jeff Northridge # 2
Name:Clickfool
City: SussexState: England
"everybody is sick and tired of unilateral concessions and "goodwill gestures" that don`t do anything except to increase the level of violence"

I presume you`re talking about Israeli "unilateral concessions and goodwill gestures", Jeff.
Name any, DIRECTED AT HAMAS (not their Uncle Tom, Mahmoud Abbas), that weren`t self-serving.
The Gaza evacuation (probably at the top of your mind) was carried out by Israel so that it would be in a better position to hold onto the more vaulable real estate of the West Bank.
Ariel Sharon said so at the time.
This was not a "goodwill gesture".