Camp David’s disputed city
Unholy rows over the holy city of Jerusalem
“THIS is really, really hard,” groaned Bill Clinton in the early hours of July 20th, as he left Camp David, a day late, for the weekend G8 summit in Okinawa. The Israelis and Palestinians were to stay on and keep talking. Nobody could fault the negotiators for failing to give peace their best try. Neither side wanted to be the first to give up. For nine days they had been talking round the clock, without reaching a conclusion. They had not yet found a way past the main obstacles that have for so long barred Israelis and Palestinians from equably sharing their tiny, deeply symbolic, bit of the Middle East.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “Camp David’s disputed city”
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