To Arnie
The Palestinians could get peace quickly if they accept the role that Israel allocates to them which is one of surrender,dispersal,humiliation and occupation.

There again Israel could achieve peace along the following lines:

1 The recognition that the Palestinians in exile,and their descendents have the right of return to their homeland ..a homeland from which they were dispersed by terror so many years ago.

2 The withdrawal of Israeli occupying forces from the West Bank,Gaza, the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem.These areas are not part of Israel and are being occupied in defiance of UN resolutions.

3 An end to the siege of Gaza and the Israeli military flyovers,naval blockade and economic stranglehold.

The Palestinians are unlikely to accept continued humiliation and occupation and the chopping up of any homeland into tiny bantustans surrounded by Israel in all directions...and of course the chances of the various right wing extremist leaders of Israel agreeing to points 1, 2 and 3 above are non existent.

Of course the Palestinians want peace....but they also want justice ...the justice that has been denied them for the past six decades.

Pesonally I look forward to that dreadful politician Livni being arrested for war crimes when she visits Belgium next week.
ifor