CELEBRATE

Kerry also accepted, as part of
American policy, an initiative of
the Economic World Forum that
held out the prospect of a $4 bil-
lion investment in the state of
Palestine — when it's created — to
ensure that Palestine is not a failed
state the day after it comes into
being.
"What Kerry understood is that
you can't guarantee viability, but
if you are able to bring about the
resources of the international com-
munity, you can help assure a tran-
sition to real statehood that might
not have been available without
that help:' he said.

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More Work To Do

As much as he has done, Kerry
still has a lot of work to do,
Kurtzer said, naming two things to
look at to see if it will work.
The first is the content of what
Kerry is calling the framework for
peace.
"At some point, he is going to
give to the two parties ideas that
flow from the discussions he's had
with them:' Kurtzer said. "What
Kerry needs to do is to tell them
where their positions can logically
go.
Narrow the options as they
go forward, he said, and start a
process where they are forced to
confront issues that are not com-
fortable.
And secondly, say that the
framework proposal is a bold one.
"Will he take no for an answer?
We know from past experience
that proposals such as these are
always met with rejection, either
outright or rejection based on 25
reservations:' Kurtzer said.
Kerry will face this, and yet the
effectiveness of his diplomacy will
depend on whether he says to the
two sides, "I'm not going away"
The job with Kerry today is
exponentially harder, but the
methodology of a U.S. secretary
of state backed by the president
of the United States saying to the
government of Israel and the peo-
ple of Israel as well as the govern-
ment of the Palestinian people and
the Palestinian people, "We are not
going to let you escape so easily:'
has resonance.
Kurtzer's talk made the crowd
optimistic.
"I thoroughly enjoyed it," said
Cheryl Litt of West Bloomfield. "I
was able to have dinner with him
earlier, and he spoke at that time,
so we got a really full picture. It
was optimistic about the prospects
for peace."

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