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And what now?

After the past: what is on the table, what the signed agreements teach, and what one person can do.

For anyone who knows the past and wants to think about what can be done from here.

First, a minute of archive

3 December 2003 · ATFP

An unofficial initiative that showed what a detailed final-status deal might look like, with maps and clauses.

Stop 1 of 4 on the full path
The plans, side by side
As of October 2026 there is no agreement and there are no talks.¹ But there are documented proposals: who proposed what, and what supporters and critics say. None of them is an agreement.
Go to this stop: Israelis and Palestinians: options for the future
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What the agreements teach
Peace with a neighbour has to settle land, borders, security and water; normalisation with a distant state hardly does.²³ In every case, leaders took a risk.
Go to this stop: Peace with a neighbour, normalization with a distant state: what is the difference?
Stop 3 of 4 on the full path
What the world brings
Almost every agreement on the site had someone from outside: a mediator, a host, a witness or a guarantor.⁴⁵ Still, only the parties themselves sign.
Go to this stop: And what does the world want?
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And what you can do
Five things for this week, and eight Israeli, Palestinian and joint organisations. Research suggests that meeting the other side usually reduces prejudice, though the evidence for this conflict is thin.⁶
Go to this stop: What you can do

Shimon Peres10 December 1994

There was a time when war was fought for lack of choice. Today it is peace that is the "no-choice" option.

Nobel Lecture, Oslo, December 1994

Source and status of the wording

The English text published by the Nobel Foundation; two consecutive sentences.

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