Reply #57: I think aiming for a fair resolution of the situation would be a catastrophe.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

I think that what efforts should be focussed on achieving is a viable resolution - which is to say something very roughly along the lines of the Saudi plan and/or the Geneva accord - Israeli withdrawal to Green Line, division of sovereignty over Jerusalem, no large-scale right of return.

A fair solution would entail a full right of return for all Palestinians and Israel's transformation from a Jewish state to a non-discriminatory democratic state, and the end of zionism. However, I think that most Jewish Israelis would probably literally fight to the death to defend their right to discriminate against non-Jews, and that trying to achieve a fair resolution at this stage would be a recipe for permanent warfare and bloodshed.