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June 4, 2008       Share:    

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/04/opinion/04friedman.html

Time for Radical Pragmatism

[New York Times ] Thomas L. Friedman - Israel cannot cede control over any part of the West Bank without being assured that someone credible is in charge. Rockets from Gaza land on the remote Israeli town of Sderot. Rockets from the West Bank could hit, and close, Israel's international airport. That is an intolerable risk. The only way to balance the Palestinians' need for sovereignty now with Israel's need for a withdrawal now, but without creating a security vacuum, is to enlist a trusted third party - Jordan - to help the Palestinians control whatever West Bank land is ceded to them.

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