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| By: Gershon Baskin |
| Published: May 5, 2005 |
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Among those of us who are concerned about the need to see an Israeli-Palestinian peace process actually taking place there is great fear that we are moving toward the third intifada.
The concerned parties include those of us who have made great efforts to study and understand the many reasons for the failure of the Oslo peace process. Among us are four senior US officials who directed the peace process for many years: Dennis Ross, Martin Indyk, Aaron Miller and Rob Malley. Our collective assessment is that there seems to be a general lack of political will among all to make the decisions necessary to ensure that a real peace process emerges.
Israel is too burdened by the disengagement to pay any attention to the "day after" and recent analyses of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's strategy seem to lend support to the idea that he has no real intention of entering into a negotiated process with the Palestinians. His agenda seems to be focused on possible further Israeli unilateral steps.
The time clock on the two-state solution is definitely ticking; the question is, will time run out before it is implemented. And if that happens, what remains of peace options for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
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The two-state paradox
- (Gershon Baskin)
05.2.2005
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