(JNS) Shoshana Bryen - Current Palestinian leadership believes that Jews are running a country on Palestinian land - that the Galilee, Haifa, Jaffa, Ashkelon and Beersheva belong in the Palestinian Arab state, not to mention Jerusalem. The Palestinian Authority is not participating in the preliminary talks on the U.S. peace plan because the option of agreeing that Israel gets to stay on "Palestinian land" in perpetuity is impossible. The Trump administration has talked about billions in Arab investment in Palestinian areas, but the problem is not a lack of money. Palestinian society must first come off its war footing and agree to harness the talent and capability of individual Palestinians with their closest and best trading partner, Israel, and with others. It is time to finish the 1948 war. Let the Sunni Arab states accept the legitimate and permanent presence of the State of Israel, even if it is 70 years late. Provide support for the Palestinians to build a new government committed to the economic and social health of its people. That is a plan for peace. The writer is senior director at the Jewish Policy Center in Washington.
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