Just How Close Did Israelis and Palestinians Come to a Peace Deal in 2008?
The Negotiators
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Palestinian Leadership and a Two State Solution - What Is the Difference?
After the conference, after everyone came back, there was an announcement of major settlement tenders and harhoman other east jerusalem settlements. It immediately caused a cris from a palestinian perspective,. i would think, a logical perspective. If the goal is to negotiate over a pie and one side is eating the pie as youare negotiating, then it becomes obviously very problematic. And so it screamed this contradiction with a negotiated two state solution. There was a real debate inside the leadership as to what they should do. Should they continue, or should they sort of fall on their swords and say, this process isn't going to work?"
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