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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski
`If I were an Arab leader, I would never sign an agreement with Israel. It is normal; we have taken their country, It is true God promised it to us, but how could that interest them? Our God is not theirs. There has been Anti-Semitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their fault? They see but one thing: we have come and we have stolen their country. Why would they accept that?' - David Ben-Gurion
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Everybody here probably understands the dynamics better than I.
The right to exist is at least the language which causes the stumbling block. And absent a nuclear holocaust, Arabs who mouth a desire to annihilate Israel won't succeed.
It seems negotiators should be able to find some workable, tradeable concept here. Having some Middle Eastern clients, from what I can tell, if there's one thing they enjoy more than arguing, it's bartering. And yes I've read small bits and pieces about the Oslo accords, but it seems we've really not got past stage one.