Public discussion of the details of peace proposals should be encouraged. It should be acknowledged that neither in Israel nor in Palestine is there one governing authority that completely represents the diversity of the people. There is no sole legitimate representative of either the Jews or the Palestinians. The terms of any peace agreement must be approved in referendums by the people of both communities. An effort should be made to explain and campaign for the peace principles and enlist the entirety of civil society in the affirmation of the consensus reached at the negotiating table.
Peace is a matter of art, engaging the heart.
Without attaching blame, peace permits transforming pain and memory and loyalty to the dead into an acceptance of the other side as part of one's own victory. These questions, and the big-picture character of the peace we seek, should, I think, be the focus of a peace meeting. These ideas, or some similar expression of basic principles of peace, should be the subject of discussion, amendment, broadcast, reformulation, improvement. Your comments are requested. Please feel free to circulate these ideas where you think they might receive constructive, critical response.