[Futurework] bilateral peace plan

[Karen Watters Cole]

Monday, October 20, 2003 on PBS Newshour:   Peace Plan As the American-backed "road map" to peace in the Middle East hits even more roadblocks, two top officials -- one Israeli, one Palestinian -- have proposed a plan of their own. The new plan, called "The People's Voice," has already earned 120,000 signatures for its two-state solution, respecting the boundaries before the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.   Margaret Warner speaks with the two proponents of the plan: Sari Nusseibeh, a former Palestinian cabinet member who is now president of al Quds University in Palestinian East Jerusalem, and retired Israeli Navy Adm. Ami Ayalon, who served as director of Israel's domestic security service Shin-Bet. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   The proposed People’s Plan addresses several controversial roadblocks, such as right of return and borders, offering a so-called Third Way, both sides paying a painful price.   IMHO, Key quotes: Nusseibeh: “this is what we're trying to do. It's impossible, in fact, to just make them stop fighting for the sake of stopping to fight. They will continue fighting unless they have a vision, and so we introduce this vision.”   Ayalon: “You can find it in every book, the deal with leadership. Vision has power. Now, the only problem is how to create this vision, you know, how to bypass the present. And we believe that these people in the Middle East, Israeli and Palestinians, will really believe that this is possible. It will happen, it will influence the level of violence, and it will be accepted by the people, and later by the leaderships.” Go to http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec03/peaceplan_10-20.html, for the transcript with graphics, and/or choose either streaming video or RealAudio to observe this interview.

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