Why Obama Hit Pause

摘要

We know what a reasonable middle East peace would look like. In December 2000, Bill Clinton laid out the formula. There would be a return to the 1967 borders, with mutually agreed-upon land swaps so that the bulk-perhaps 80%-of Jewish settlements on Palestinian lands could become part of Israel. Jerusalem would be the capital of both countries. An international commission would control the religious sites in Jerusalem's Old City. Palestinian refugees would have the right to return to Palestine but not to Israel. Israel's sovereignty and security as a Jewish state would be accepted by the Arabs.