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Could it be possible to grant some form of independent statehood to Gaza first, after recognizing whatever government is there at the moment? Of course, necessary security precautions and provisions for the same will have to be made integral part of such an arrangement. (I admit, I lack knowledge of ground realities that exist there on both the sides.)]]> Hi Elijah,



Could it be possible to grant some form of independent statehood to Gaza first, after recognizing whatever government is there at the moment? Of course, necessary security precautions and provisions for the same will have to be made integral part of such an arrangement. (I admit, I lack knowledge of ground realities that exist there on both the sides.)

]]> Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://elijah.instablogs.com http://elijah.instablogs.com Elijah
I think it would very difficult to impossible to achieve any sort of separate agreement. Gaza’s leading political/military force Hamas might be interested but West Bank counterpart Fatah might feel compromised and might undermine any deal by throwing missiles everywhere. We are paying for Sharon’s divide-and-conquer tactic — in which succeeded, but with catastrophic results for both sides. Negotiations are very difficult to conduct because there is no single power epicenter, which is exactly what he wanted in order to avoid any land returns.

It would be us who would have to bridge between West Bank and Gaza (how ironic, considering we do so geographically anyway) and, possibly, as you suggested, make Gaza the first step in an all-embracing deal. Eventually any deal would have to preclude future Palestinian civil war causes (the development of which we instigated): a doubly difficult task.]]> Hi R.M.,



I think it would very difficult to impossible to achieve any sort of separate agreement. Gaza’s leading political/military force Hamas might be interested but West Bank counterpart Fatah might feel compromised and might undermine any deal by throwing missiles everywhere. We are paying for Sharon’s divide-and-conquer tactic — in which succeeded, but with catastrophic results for both sides. Negotiations are very difficult to conduct because there is no single power epicenter, which is exactly what he wanted in order to avoid any land returns.



It would be us who would have to bridge between West Bank and Gaza (how ironic, considering we do so geographically anyway) and, possibly, as you suggested, make Gaza the first step in an all-embracing deal. Eventually any deal would have to preclude future Palestinian civil war causes (the development of which we instigated): a doubly difficult task.

]]> Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://rmpraj.instablogs.com http://rmpraj.instablogs.com R.M.Paulraj Yes Elijah. There are difficult road blocks to go across. But we have to go across, whether we know the way today or not.

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