May 29, 2002
From the desk of Mindles H. Dreck:The crux of the matter
Thomas Friedman describes the core of an israeli-palestinian settlement in his column today:
The whole history of the peace process can be reduced to one simple point: If the Palestinians persuade the Israeli center that they are ready to live side by side in peace, they will get a state; if they don't, they won't. Everything else is just commentary.
Friedman argues that the situation is ripe for a large Western initiative. His comment above suggests why such an initiative should not be blindly anti-israel. Posted by Mindles H. Dreck at May 29, 2002 1:39 PM | Technorati inbound links"); ?>