THE ONE THING ARIEL SHARON KNEW THEY HAD TO AVOID:

The Elders' View Of the Middle East (Jimmy Carter, September 6, 2009, Washington Post)

A majority of the Palestinian leaders with whom we met are seriously considering acceptance of one state, between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. By renouncing the dream of an independent Palestine, they would become fellow citizens with their Jewish neighbors and then demand equal rights within a democracy. In this nonviolent civil rights struggle, their examples would be Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela.

They are aware of demographic trends. Non-Jews are already a slight majority of total citizens in this area, and within a few years Arabs will constitute a clear majority.

Ironically, the one thing Israelis can never agree to is Eretz Israel.

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 6, 2009 7:24 AM