The Newest Barak Bungle

Yisrael Medad
My Right Word
13 December '10

I truly dislike it when diplomats, politicians, pundits and other riff-raff say:

The outline and the principles of an agreement are clear, known, and quite widely agreed upon

because that stifles debate, quashes freedom of thought and the possibility of exploring new avenues.

But anyway, here is Ehud Barak from last week at the Saban Center:

e) Jerusalem will be discussed at the end of the negotiations, with reference to the Clinton parameters, namely: Western Jerusalem and the Jewish suburbs for us, the heavily populated Arab neighborhoods for them, and an agreed upon solution in the "Holy Basin".

Now, to illustrate that despite being "clear, know and agreed upon", Barak then goes on to emphasize Israel's worries:

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