[ex-snook]

The problem has always been that the Palestinians want all of the West Bank with the Jewish people gone and the Israelis want all of the West Bank and the Palestinian people gone. Both sides want land and peace.

Now Bush (and just about the rest of the world) have reached a Solomon-like solution to split it in two. The US should monitor and guarantee fixed and secure borders for both and allow peace to grow. It's the only solution that has not been tried.

[tomahawk]

The problem is that any Palestinian state will inevitably devolve into a terrorist state, from which to attack Israel.

As long as the "Palestinian" Arabs won't accept Israel's existence, there will not be a long-term peace.

[Alouette]

the Palestinians want all of the West Bank with the Jewish people gone and the Israelis want all of the West Bank and the Palestinian people gone.

The Palestinians want all of ISRAEL (of course that includes all the West Bank and Gaza) with all the Jewish people gone and the Israelis have 1.2 million Arab citizens of Israel with full equal rights.

Not even Meir Kahane envisioned a totally Arab-free Israel, but the Palestinians insist on a total ethnic cleansing of all Jews from "their state."

[MississippiMan]

The problem has always been that the Palestinians want all of the West Bank with the Jewish people gone and the Israelis want all of the West Bank and the Palestinian people gone. Both sides want land and peace.

No, the problem has always been that the Palestinians want the utter, unequivocal annihilation of Israel, period. It's all they've ever wanted and it's all they'll ever want. In the much-ballyhooed Clinton summit at Camp David, Israel offered a stunning (and stupid) 95% of all Palestinian demands. They quickly said no. If that doesn't make the situation clear, nothing will.

MM