Volume 26, Number 20 · December 20, 1979
Whose Peace Now?
By Bernard Avishai
The indefatigable editors and sponsors of New Outlook, the monthly of Israel's peace camp, convened an international symposium in Washington on October 27. 'Eminent scholars and statesmen,' as the announcement put it—Israelis, Palestinians, and Americans—were invited to talk about solving the Palestinian problem. As with an earlier New Outlook conference in Israel, this one was intended to show that a dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians could and should take place. To have prominent Israelis talking to Palestinians in Washington might impress American politicians and American Jews, might suggest that the Begin government is partly responsible for the siege against which it is struggling. The participants were expected to do what Begin will not do—endorse Palestinian self-determination, insofar as this would be consistent with Israeli security. In full view of President Carter and the Zionist Organization of America, they would discuss the kind of two-state solution that Israeli and PLO officials might eventually negotiate.
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