How John Kerry built a middle east peace deal - and watched it crumble (must read)

[shaayecanaan]

Last edited Sun Jul 27, 2014, 09:31 AM - Edit history (2)

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118751/how-israel-palestine-peace-deal-died



Excerpt:-

After decades of railing against any mention of the 1967 lines, Netanyahu accepted that “the new secure and recognized border between Israel and Palestine will be negotiated based on the 1967 lines with mutual agreed swaps.” Said one Israeli official: “If the Israeli public knew back in February that Netanyahu agreed to include this sentence in the framework, it would have created a political earthquake.”

Superbly crafted article comprehensively detailing the Kerry peace process in the middle east. Well worth reading if you havent already.

[Violet_Crumble]

1. Thanks for posting that. It's really good so far...

I'm not even halfway through it, but it reminds me of some of the stuff I used to see posted in the I/P forum years ago back when it wasn't so hard to wade through the white noise to get to something substantial.

[shaayecanaan]

2. in fairness, the IP forum is still pretty good as far as white noise goes

I don't think anyone has tried to post kitten pictures there, and there are less of the (insert name here) TOTALLY NAILS (and/or SLAMS) other person on (insert name of cable news program here) threads.

[stranger81]

7. As long as you have one poster on ignore,

The I/P forum is still pretty informative. And I bet you know who I mean. Five letters, rhymes with "lira," and your first two guesses don't count.

[Violet_Crumble]

8. I must be good. I didn't even need one guess...

I don't like using ignore. Thankfully the white noise has lessened drastically in the last 24 hours in the I/P forum

[KoKo]

12. I posted it in GD "Good Reads" a week ago...

It got little interest. "Good Reads" has some interesting "long read" articles and worth a stop by for those who want more than GD or IP.

Glad to see it posted in GD. The article is such a long one I didn't think GD readers would be interested or even have time to get into it and it would just go to archives.

So...I'm glad to recommend it...

[shaayecanaan]

14. i saw it on longform.org

Ill have to keep an eye out at good reads though

[countryjake]

3. K&R!

[countryjake]

4. It's an extremely interesting read...

But as the American officials huddled around a desktop computer, hungry for actual details about this rumor they were hearing, they couldn’t believe the headline that now flashed across the screen: FATAH, HAMAS END YEARS OF DIVISON, AGREE TO UNITY GOVERNMENT. The next day, the Israeli Cabinet had voted to suspend the talks. John Kerry’s peace process was over.

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118751/how-israel-palestine-peace-deal-died





Thanks for sharing, shaayecanaan!

[shaayecanaan]

5. its the sort of quality journalism we should be encouraging

I probably should have excerpted it like you did, but really it was all quite interesting.

[countryjake]

6. I saw your post earlier this afternoon...

and my man and I spent our entire supper hour reading thru the article.

A fascinating study, for sure. Thanks again for finding it (and sharing)!

[shaayecanaan]

9. Not a problem

hopefully a few others have a read as well.

[JI7]

10. could Netanyahu actually be trying to make peace and prevent the extremists in his govt

from making things even worse ?

[shaayecanaan]

11. I actually felt sympathy for him after reading this article

which goes to show how well crafted it is.

[KoKo]

13. Recommend...it's an interesting read...

[malaise]

15. Bookmarking to read later

Thanks