Detail Israel, Palestine and the Jewish settlements: No time for Barack Obama to give up   Oleh:  The Economist Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 392 no. 8650 (Sep. 2009), page 16. Topik: America; Israel; Palestine; Jewish Settlements Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.57 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel ONLY a few months ago, there were rare flickers of hope that America’s persuasive new president might bring Israelis and Palestinians together to revive negotiations that could actually lead to the creation of two states living side by side in peace. But Mr Obama’s early momentum, boosted by a ringing declaration of good intent to Muslims and Arabs in Cairo in June, has begun to flag. This week at the UN, despite overseeing the obligatory handshake between the leaders of Israel and Palestine, he failed to show evidence of even a whiff of progress. It is time for him to spell out his own vision—and tell the Israelis directly why they must take a number of awkward steps, in particular by totally freezing the building and expansion of Jewish settlements on Palestinian land, if they are to secure that elusive long-term peace (see article). Above all, though plainly he has more than enough on his plate elsewhere, Mr Obama must get personally involved. The outlines of a durable agreement have long been clear. The two states’ boundary must run close to the 1967 line, with several of the big Jewish settlement blocks eventually becoming part of Israel, while the Palestinians are compensated with land swaps of equal size and quality. Jerusalem must be shared. Israel should accept the Palestinians’ moral right to return to lands they lost when Israel was founded in 1948, while the Palestinians accept that only a few of them from the diaspora will in practice be able to resettle there. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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