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Mideast Peace, Step by Step


(Los Angeles Times) Aaron David Miller - Anyone who seriously hopes for a quick return to Israeli-Palestinian negotiations should take a deep breath and lie down until the feeling passes. What's needed at the moment is something completely different, a whole new kind of approach that puts the Oslo process in the past and focuses instead on cautious but credible unilateral steps. To their credit, the agenda of both Sharon and Abbas at Sharm el-Sheik reflected the triumph of the achievable over the desirable, of the probable over the possible. Their unspoken motto: Think small. Oslo's most important legacy - the mutual recognition between political Zionism and Palestinian nationalism - endures to this day. But that's just about all that remains. The Oslo process was in many respects a religion for believers, blinding its adherents to its flaws, and elevating negotiation to an almost sacred level of importance.
2005-02-16 00:00:00
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