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Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-31/seven-reasons-kerry-s-mideast-talks-are-delusional.html
Hurdles to Overcome in Mideast Talks
(Bloomberg) Jeffrey Goldberg - Will the world's Muslims agree to the continued control over much of the Old City of Jerusalem, including the Western Wall, by Israel? Will the Israelis agree to cede permanent control of the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site, to Muslim religious authorities? Will the descendants of the Palestinians who fled during the 1948 Arab attack on the fledgling Jewish state be told that they aren't moving to Israel? Will the Palestinians agree never to lodge claims against Israel again? Will Israel remove more than 50,000 Israelis from settlements in the West Bank? Will Hamas, which controls Gaza, either dissolve itself or be dissolved by force or change its ideology?