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Source: http://www.newsday.com/opinion/commentary/the-six-day-war-at-50-1.13665071
The Six Day War at 50
(Newsday) Richard Haass - Many Israelis and Palestinians have come to recognize the reality of one another's existence and the need for some sort of partition of the land into two states. But for now the two sides are not prepared to resolve what separates them. Both sides have paid and are paying a price for this standoff. Meanwhile, the region and the world have mostly moved on, concerned more about Russia or China or North Korea. And even if there were peace between Israelis and Palestinians, it would not bring peace to Syria, Iraq, Yemen, or Libya. Fifty years after six days of war, the absence of peace between Israelis and Palestinians is part of an imperfect status quo that many have come to accept and expect.