IP: responding to the Trojan Horse

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 18:10:42 -0600
> To: farber@cis.upenn.edu
> From: Benjamin Kuipers <kuipers@cs.utexas.edu>
>
> Dave,
>
> The following conditions seem necessary to any stable solution to the
> Israel-Palestine conflict.
>
> I'm sure they would be furiously rejected by one or both sides.
>
>  (1)  Everyone recognizes everyone else's right to exist.
>
>  (2)  Israel clears out the settlements on the West Bank and Gaza,
>       and turns the land over to the State of Palestine.
>
>  (3)  The right of return exists, but only to Palestine, not to the
>       State of Israel.  (i.e., eliminate the Trojan Horse)
>
>  (4)  Jerusalem (the historical and religiously significant part) becomes
>       a United Nations protectorate, not part of any State, held in trust
>       for Humankind as a whole.  The other parts of the city are divided
>       between Israel and Palestine, and they can have their capitals there
>       if they wish.
>
> It's hard to be optimistic about getting anywhere near there from here.
>
> Ben

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