Peace plan. Peace deal of the century. Whatever. Stay pessimistic, and you may be pleasantly surprised. Get your hopes up, and they will likely be dashed.
Oslo caused death and destruction for decades. Most infuriating thing was listening to the families of the victims du jour feelingly voice their hopes for peace and a better day, as the Clintons “hoped,” i.e., ordered, the Israeli PM to not let this “senseless violence” disrupt the piece process.
Those were the years that made my mind up to one day go to Israel and not come back. When Obama came in, I knew it was time. Been here ever since, except for one visit to my parents, and one sojourn in Georgia to get my granddaughters out of the system and bring them home with me.
Sure, I hope—that experience be proved wrong for once.
I expect they will strategically focus more on economic incentives and cash flows this time, to shift the balance systematically.