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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (28747)5/7/2002 5:45:27 PM
From: FaultLine  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 281500
 
Please, not again with Agha and Malley. Surely once was enough!

Oh no, a nibble was not nearly enough. The magazine only arrived in my mailbox last week and I'd like to talk about it. You may, if you wish, completely ignore our prospective discussion.

A quick search turns up exactly two short comments on this piece:
one by carranza2 Message 17365138
and one by JohnM Message 17365228 .

So what's the big rush to sweep these proposals under the rug anyway?

Personally, I think The Last Negotiation is far and away the most comprehensive discussion I've read/heard recently on the subject -- certainly much more detailed and inclusive than anything else we have ever discussed here concerning possible resolution.

Concerning your statement:

The breakdown of Oslo was just the last example in a long series of events that started in 1936.

I believe that is precisely the point, we need to break with the past and go with a more decisive approach.

Here's another important point by Agha and Malley:

Some Palestinians might argue that the above plan represents nothing more than a sleight of hand, disguising resettlement in Palestine as a return to their pre-1948 lands. But do the refugees actually want to live in Jewish areas that have become part of an alien country? Would they rather live under Israeli rule than Palestinian rule? And short of calling into question Israel's Jewish identity, is there any other way of implementing the Palestinian right of return?

The last line seems to me to be completely undeniable. On the other hand, and similarly so, I'd say that Israeli objections to a plan such as this suggest a deeper intent to annex the entire West Bank -- the mirror image situation. So there it is, two reflections to confront the sceptics.

--fl@lasttimeicheckedthiswastheforeignaffairsdiscussiongroup.com