Step back from Har Homa
A little help from America could enable Israel to find its way back to the peace process its prime minister has now espoused
THE debate, when Binyamin Netanyahu became Israel's prime minister nine months ago, was whether the Oslo peace process was stuck or would roll backwards. Mr Netanyahu had explicitly rejected the land-for-peace principle that drove the process: his achievement, he claimed, would be to give Israel security without divesting it of land. Since then, however, Mr Netanyahu has travelled far, shrewdly allowing his convictions to be changed. Progress is slow, agreement on important details non-existent, but the push for peace between Israel and Palestine still has momentum.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “Step back from Har Homa”
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