MER - Beilin Revealed

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> This is how Yossi Beilin - one of the key political architects of the 'Oslo Peace Process' - described what has come to be known as the Beilin Abu-Mazen plan (announced in October 1995) in an interview in March 1996: “As an outcome of my negotiatons, I can say with certainty that we can reach a permanent agreement not under the overt conditions presented by the Palestinians, but under a significant compromise [on their side]...I discovered on their side a substantial gap between their slogans and their actual understanding of realitya much bigger gap than on our side. They are willing to accept an agreement which gives up much land, without the dismantling of settlements, with no return to the ‘67 border, and with an arrangement in Jerusalem which is less than municipality level. (Interview by Lili Galili, “I Want to Entangle the Likud with as Much Peace as Possible,” Ha’aretz, March 3, 1996.) </body>