So long as there is Palestinian denial of the right of Israel to exist, a common border would doom the entire process. The nations of the middle east, who have most to gain from prolonged peace, should be the ones who resolve the Palestinian Problem. For far too long the West has tried to act as the sole negotiator...this clearly does not work. Where excatly a Palestinian state should be, should be determined by those who will have to provide a physical manifestation of a Palestinian state. Neither Europe or America can do that.