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"Mideast Chaos Grows as U.S. Focuses on Israel" (front page, July 2) serves up skeptics and cynics who invoke regional turmoil, or the Iranian nuclear threat, to pour cold water on Secretary of State John Kerry's quest to revive Palestinian-Israeli peace efforts.
Among Israelis, many of these false prophets of doom are the same people who have obstructed a solution all along. They are those who never wanted a territorial compromise, for whom regional chaos is the latest excuse for diplomatic inaction, the ideal enabler for creeping annexation of the West Bank.
Others think in terms of all-or-nothing fixes, or wallow in mistrust of the other side. What Israelis and Palestinians most need now is a firm American hand to guide them to a fair and workable bargain on borders, settlements and security, allowing the creation of a territorially viable Palestinian state.
Agreement on such nettlesome issues as the status of Jerusalem and the refugee problem should be deferred to a later date. Secretary Kerry should focus on fashioning the basis for an achievable two-state deal, undeterred by critics.
GIDON D. REMBA
Westfield, N.J., July 3, 2013
The writer, executive director of the Jewish Alliance for Change, served as senior foreign press editor and translator in the Israeli prime minister's office during the Egyptian-Israeli peace negotiations from 1977 to 1978.
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