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Beilin's Times Op-ed

In today's Times, Yossi Beilin and Yasir Abed Rabbo published an op-ed about the Geneva Accord, of which they were the principal negotiators.

The column states that: "The document is complicated and thus difficult to summarize, but its central idea is that in exchange for peace with Israel, the Palestinians would at last gain a nonmilitarized state. The Palestinians would also get sovereignty over the Temple Mount, though Jewish access to the holy spot would be guaranteed by an international security force. In addition, Israel would have the opportunity to keep some West Bank settlements, including many of the new Jewish communities constructed on the Arab side of Jerusalem."

Amazingly, the op-ed fails to mention how the refugee issue is resolved. The reason for this is that while Beilin claims the Palestinians have conceded on that essential issue, Abed Rabbo insists that Israel actually recognized the Palestinian "right of return." In the op-ed, the solution was apparently to simply ignore the issue.
posted on 12/01/2003