They fought for their people. Rabin was afraid. Barak is afraid. Four words have turned into deadly landmines on the road to peace. Barak does not budge from his Red Lines.
Peace means compromise between the red lines of the two sides.
Otherwise it's a diktat , an ultimatum delivered by the strong side to the weaker one. And, indeed, until we achieve peace, Israel's relations with the US are of existential importance. All other red lines are mobile. Jerusalem is the soul of the Jewish people. Herzl detested Jerusalem, and so did all the founding fathers of the modern Hebrew society.