You know that being an occupying power is a political and military pain in the...touchas (indicating his butt; MOISHE pokes HESHIM playfully at his use of the word) not worth holding onto by force. The way out: Israel will withdraw from all settlements on Palestinian land, back to its pre-1967 borders.
MOISHE
A few settlements overlap into Palestinian lands, and those boundaries might have to be adjusted a bit. Otherwise, I think that if we gain security and recognition and the rocket and suicide-bomb attacks are officially forbidden, we canagree to that kind of pullback. It won't be easy; some of our fundamentalist settlers are crazed -- like some of your hotheads -- and will resist being moved with force.
HESHIM
But you have precedent on your side. Your police and army moved your wild-eyed, violent settlers out of their villages previously in Gaza and elsewhere. You can do it again.
MOISHE
Yes, I believe so. But that raises a vital issue: How do we deal with those who will oppose a peace settlement? In each of our societies, there are individuals and factions who do not want peace, who do not want compromise, who would rather try to exterminate the other side.
HESHIM
We must stipulate again: Yes, there will be acts of violence by factions and individuals against the other side. We must agree to proceed anyway, using our criminal courts for those violent ones but basically playing down their occasional suicide-bomb or rocket or assassination.
MOISHE
It's not going to happen easily, but (slaps the table) Agreed.
HESHIM
Jerusalem and "right of return" to their ancestral land.
MOISHE
We allow some Palestinians to return to their ancient homes, but we pay a handsome real-estate price to the rest of the claimants.
HESHIM
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