Saturday, September 24, 2011

These are some of the concessions that Abu Mazen will make

"Such a resolution, it is assumed, would include a reassertion that any final accord would recognise Israel and guarantee its security, and that the mutual border would be based on the 1967 line, with land swaps; that the states would share Jerusalem as their capital; and that the Palestinian refugee problem would be resolved. For their part, the Palestinians, under European prodding, would agree not to use their new-won statehood to launch prosecutions against Israelis at the International Criminal Court."