A Peace from the Bottom Up -Jackson DiehlThe Bush administration's attempt to broker an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal has quietly expired. Nor is it likely to revive anytime soon.
This isn't an argument for the next administration to write off Middle East diplomacy, but to try a different approach, one that focuses on building a foundation for peace from the ground up...
The timeline for success would be measured in years and the goal would be the construction of a healthy and vibrant Palestinian civil society - that is, independent media, courts, political parties and nongovernmental organizations that could stand behind a settlement with Israel. Natan Sharansky has been proposing this course for years.
(Washington Post)
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