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...Israeli settlement activity and, ultimately, an end to its occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. Clearly spelling out the ultimate destination is the most effective way of securing a cease-fire, and President Bush spoke of two states coexisting peacefully along the lines envisaged in the Oslo peace process and the recent Arab League proposal. While considerable disagreement may remain over borders and the terms of their separation, the two-state solution remains an essential point of consensus among not only Western and Arab governments, but also among at least half of Israel's electorate and at least...
...cannot accept Saudi Prince Abdullah's peace-for-land plan, but he omitted the strongest reason: the proposal is founded on a discredited idea [VIEWPOINT, March 11]. The 1947 U.N. partition plan suggested the same trade-off. Idealistically, Israel accepted. In response, the Arabs started a war. The 1993 Oslo agreement too was based on the idea of land for peace. Naively, Israel handed over not only land but also money and weapons. The Palestinians used them to create a terrorist state, complete with arms shipments from Iran and the blatant refusal of its leaders to reduce violence. DOV MIDALIA...
...Sharon had opposed the Oslo peace process all along, precisely because he believed the territories captured in the 1967 war are essential to Israel's ability to defend itself - and Oslo was supposed to negotiate turning most of the West Bank and Gaza into a Palestinian state. But many of Israel's leading politicians and generals fear that holding onto those territories may represent an even greater threat to Israel's security. Sharon looks set to commit tens of thousands of troops to "pacify" the 3 million Palestinians who live in the West Bank and Gaza, and who are overwhelmingly...
...Besides, they contend, Netanyahu got a bad rap because he led the opposition when a right-winger assassinated Rabin in 1995--a time when Israel was deeply divided on the merits of the peace process. But Israel now is not what it was then. "People believed Pollyannaishly in the Oslo accords," Netanyahu says. "I was accused of foiling the dream. This time it's clear Arafat is the one wrecking Oslo." Now Netanyahu wants to wreck Arafat. --With reporting by Aharon Klein/Tel Aviv
...such consensus is even more elusive now than it was a year ago when the Mitchelll Report landed on President Bush's desk. Sharon is averse to restarting political talks, both because of the current violence and because he has traditionally opposed the Oslo Accord that would serve, according to Mitchell, as the basis for further negotiations...