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...proposals - which are not in written form - reportedly grant the Palestinians sovereignty over Jerusalem's Haram al-Sharif (called the Temple Mount by Jews) while the Israelis would have sovereignty over the Western Wall (the only remaining piece of the Second Temple). The proposal also calls for the resettlement of thousands of Palestinian refugees in Palestinian-controlled land rather than in Israel. And so Barak went back to Jerusalem to huddle with his cabinet and security chiefs, and Arafat went off to Cairo by himself...
...Palestinians still want a Palestine, and they want their people to stop dying, which means they want a deal. And Arafat would much rather deal with Barak than Sharon, whose last foray into the peace process at Temple Mount kicked off the current round of bloodshed...
...fight in the desert for 50 years if all it takes to make a deal is a U.S. president in a hurry. And Temple Mount, the sticking point at Camp David in July, looks like the contested high ground this time around...
...terms are sketchy - the deal was strictly oral, and will simply disappear into thin air if either side rejects it - but whenever you hear the phrases "Palestinian state covering 95 percent of the West Bank" and "Israel to cede sovereignty over the Temple Mount," you know both sides will have plenty to complain about...
...Palestinians would be forbidden to conduct archaeological digs there and would acknowledge the "Jewish connection" to the site. But the "connection" is that Temple Mount is believed by Jews to be the site of Solomon's temple, the center of the original Jewish universe. And conservatives in the Israeli parliament are loath to give it up, even if Barak is game...