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...stumbling block to peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians is more than Jerusalem. The desire for peace is deeply rooted in outlook and education. In the seven years since the Oslo accords, Israel has been hard at work educating its young about the need for peace and coexistence, but the Palestinian Authority has not chosen to go in this direction. Without belittling the difficulties of Jerusalem, I feel that what we teach our children is far more important than any land compromise. YONATAN ZUKOWSKY Pardess Hanna, Israel...
...controls a Rorschach pattern of enclaves comprising most of Gaza and some 40 percent of the West Bank, intermingled with Israeli settlements and military facilities. The failure at Camp David makes it unlikely that Israel will move any time soon to complete the third withdrawal required by the Oslo Accords, much less give up the further 45 percent of the West Bank Arafat has demanded. And that means potentially violent confrontations throughout the territory if Arafat makes his move, which may be why Israelis and Palestinian negotiators have already resumed contact, and plan to pick up where they left...
...Camp David had from the outset been something of a Hail Mary maneuver, because it was always going to be a lot safer for both Arafat and Barak to return home without a deal than it would be having inked one their constituents might view as a betrayal. The Oslo Agreement had deliberately postponed the questions discussed at Camp David, and it was not for lack of trying that the negotiators there failed to reach agreement. The more chilling reality may be that no final agreement is possible yet between Israelis and Palestinians: Their competing claims on Jerusalem, as well...
...containment rather than final resolution of the conflict. The potential for conflict may have expanded now that the core differences between the two sides have been aired but not resolved. But that potential also functions to keep them talking to each other. After all, they found their way to Oslo without Washington's help, driven only by the realization that conflict led nowhere. Even without a final agreement, then, both sides have no realistic alternative but to keep talking...
Ross earns that trust in different ways. In 1993, when the Palestinians and Israelis on their own had negotiated a draft treaty of mutual recognition as part of the Oslo accords, Secretary of State Christopher sat with Ross, both reading copies of the draft. "There was a lot of tension over what the American reaction would be," says Uri Savir, one of the architects of the accords. "The reaction of Christopher would have an enormous impact on our region...Christopher turned to Ross and asked what he thought. Ross said it was a tremendous historical achievement. That...