In response to
"Perhaps I'm a bad person, but usually when I hear politicians talk about Israel/Palestine, I tune out. -- nm"
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ty97
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No, that's generally good advice. The way forward is pretty well-defined - two state solution based on the 1947 borders, with land swaps and some way
Posted by
Roger More (aka RogerMore)
Sep 18 '12, 07:02
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of sharing Jerusalem, and no right of return for Palestinians.
The problem is really that trust isn't able to get built up between the parties - partly because of actions of bad faith, and partly because some people confuse negotiation with weakness.
This means that you get a lot of empty rhetoric about the issue that's worth ignoring.
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