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CincyDem

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6. To be clear...Barak did not simply "walk away".

Tue Oct 10, 2023, 04:55 AM

Oct 2023

Israel put a variety of proposals in the table. Virtually all of the land Arafat wanted, conservatorship of the Temple Mount, some extra land not included in Arafat’s request and IIRC, some 20k for every man woman and child living in the West Bank and Gaza.

The single substantive ask from Israel…Palestinians had to recognize Israel.

Arafat refused. So I guess it may be right to say Barak walked away but as long as one side isn’t willing to recognize the others right to exist…that’s how we get where we are.

The Palestinian leadership’s inability to “take the win”, a weakness that exists today with Hamas, got us where we are today and until that changes nothing’s going to change.

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'Mental trauma that cannot be fathomed': Ayman Mohyeldin on plight of young people in Gaza Strip [View all] Rhiannon12866 Oct 2023 OP

So that excuses murdering 700 people in a terrorist attack? AZLD4Candidate Oct 2023 #1

Why did Palestinians reject an independent state of their own wnylib Oct 2023 #2

President Carter came closest, worked so hard to achieve peace, followed by President Clinton Rhiannon12866 Oct 2023 #3

Even now, when Palestinians in Gaza are confined by Israel wnylib Oct 2023 #4

This terrible situation has escalated so horrifically, a solution is farther away than ever Rhiannon12866 Oct 2023 #5

To be clear...Barak did not simply "walk away". CincyDem Oct 2023 #6

True. Terrorists and outside actors are the real problem. wnylib Oct 2023 #7

Bingo. CincyDem Oct 2023 #8