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Source: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/imposed-peace-pact-worrisome-51385697.html
Imposed Peace Pact Worrisome
[Winnipeg Free Press] Samuel Segev - It is said that U.S. President Obama will be ready with a blueprint for an imposed solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by September. Israel is totally opposed to an imposed solution. The 1978 Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty and the 1994 Israeli-Jordanian peace treaty were triumphs for Israel's direct-negotiation approach. Israel argues that peace is to be achieved between Israel and its neighbors and not between the Arabs and the big powers, at Israel's expense. The Quartet can assist the parties by helping them to narrow gaps, but not by replacing them at the negotiating table. The Palestinians hope that Obama will help them by imposing a settlement on the Israelis without the need for negotiations. Hence, the Palestinians want Obama to do for them what they are unable to do for themselves.