The Geneva Accord (Full draft text) [View All]

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Unfortunately it is without maps as yet, so it is "hard to have a serious opinion" (to quote Chomsky). I'll reserve detailed comment until the full version is published. BTW, Ha'aretz has it split over a lot of pages. For the full text on one page which I knocked up, click here.

The Geneva Accord
Ha'aretz, 20 October 2003

The State of Israel (hereinafter "Israel") and the Palestine Liberation Organization (hereinafter "PLO"), the representative of the Palestinian people (hereinafter the "Parties"):

Reaffirming their determination to put an end to decades of confrontation and conflict, and to live in peaceful coexistence, mutual dignity and security based on a just, lasting, and comprehensive peace and achieving historic reconciliation;

Recognizing that peace requires the transition from the logic of war and confrontation to the logic of peace and cooperation, and that acts and words characteristic of the state of war are neither appropriate nor acceptable in the era of peace;

Affirming their deep belief that the logic of peace requires compromise, and that the only viable solution is a two-state solution based on UNSC Resolution 242 and 338;

Affirming that this agreement marks the recognition of the right of the Jewish people to statehood and the recognition of the right of the Palestinian people to statehood, without prejudice to the equal rights of the Parties' respective citizens;

Recognizing that after years of living in mutual fear and insecurity, both peoples need to enter an era of peace, security and stability, entailing all necessary actions by the parties to guarantee the realization of this era;

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More: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=351461&contrassID=2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y

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Comment: "the right of the Jewish people to statehood" is the first thing that jumped out at me. A serious and huge compromise from the Palestinian delegation IMO. Also, the settlement section looks useful, but the annex and maps are really needed.