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Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-op-avineri4jan04,1,837442.story
Fatally Flawed Peace Proposal
(Los Angeles Times) Shlomo Avineri - Now that the worldwide fanfare accompanying the so-called Geneva Accord has died down a bit, it's time to look at why most Israelis have failed to rally behind the unofficial plan's outline for how to achieve peace with the Palestinians. The biggest problem for Israelis is that what the document's authors claim it says and what it actually says are very different. Many Israelis - including those ready to make considerable concessions - feel that with the Geneva initiative, they have been taken for a ride by the Palestinian propaganda machine and some willful - or naive - Israeli accomplices.