President Obama should not be deterred by the noise that those who oppose peace on both sides make. The majority of Israelis and Palestinians really do want peace and if these principles are accepted, President Obama will be perceived as being pro-Israeli, pro-Palestinian and pro-peace.
If President Obama and Senator Mitchell are serious about resolving this issue first, they will rapidly come to the conclusion that unless they put the map down on the table, no lines will be drawn at all.
There is no “status quo” in the Middle East. Here are some conclusions that the US team should be presenting in Washington.
Gershon Baskin claims that Israel can’t be overrun with Palestinian refugees, because then there will be two Palestinian states, and no Jewish state.