(Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies) Moty Cristal - The Geneva initiative erodes the Israeli-Jewish hold on national symbols, and does not offer a proper exchange that meets essential Israel interests in the "permanent solution" with the Palestinians. The authors of the document are still caught up in a world dominated by "the perception of trust" between the parties to the conflict, both in relation to the arrangements themselves and in relation to the implementation mechanism. Particularly noticeable is the absence of the Palestinian minority in the State of Israel, which constitutes a "missing presence" in any discussion of the permanent arrangements.
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