On a similar note, yesterday our family (and a large portion of the Israeli and Palestinian populations) recieved in the mail a 47 page pamphlet pushing the Geneva Accords (part of their wider initiative to "go to the people" and start a quasi-grassroots movement) with an introduction by novelist David Grossman (my guess is the Palestinians got a different introduction), FAQs, section including the text of the Geneva Accords, Maps, etc.
The title is "Geneva Initiative: A Model for an Israeli-Palestinian Final Status Agreement" and a big red stamp in the lower left corner which says "Sent to every home in Israel"
The pamphlet is in obligatory blue and white (haven't seen, but I presume the Palestinian counterpart is black, red, green and white)...and written down the blue strip it quotes certain lines from the summary of the accord which are meant to catch the eye of the Israeli public:
"End of the conflict, acceptance of Israel as the state of the Jewish Nation, most of the settlers will stay on Israeli territory, solution to the refugee problem, a new age based on peace, Jerusalem will be recognized as the capital of Israel, Israel will withdrawal from the West Bank and Gaza Strip within two and one half years, a multinational group will be established with participation of the U.S. to supervise the execution of the agreement, the border that was set on the detailed map is final and is unappealable, the agreement will turn Jerusalem to a city with a definite and substantial Jewish majority, all the Israeli neighborhoods in East Jerusalem will become an integral part of the state of Israel with a connection to the western part of the city, Wailing Wall..."
Obviously for the Palestinians they will have highlighted sections of the Accords which seem more beneficial to them, but I surmise they are going to have quite a task getting them to buy into this deal which definitely favors the Israeli constituency.
Bryan
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=36256 8
High Court nixes Israel Broadcasting Authority ban on Geneva Accord, People's Voice
By Yuval Yoaz, Haaretz Correspondent
The High Court of Justice on Wednesday morning overturned a decision by the Israel Broadcasting Authority and the Second Broadcasting Authority to ban commercials promoting unofficial peace plans.
A three-justice panel headed by Supreme Court President Aharon Barak heard the petitions filed by the brokers of the People's Voice, an Israeli-Palestinian civil initiative established by Ami Ayalon and Sari Nusseibeh and aimed at promoting peace between the two sides, and the initiators of the Geneva Accords.
The legal battle had become a fight in principle to annul regulations pertaining to the broadcasting of advertisements dealing with political disputes.
The petition filed by the initiators of the Geneva Accords deals with the IBA's refusal to air commercials notifying the public of the start of a campaign to distribute copies of the agreement in mail boxes around the country.
Some 1.5 million copies of the Geneva Accords were sent out Sunday to addresses countrywide, with another 1.5 million copies to follow in the coming days.
The copy mailed to the home of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has yet to reach its destination, after the security guards outside the Prime Minister's Residence refused to accept the envelope delivered by Yossi Beilin and MKs Haim Oron (Meretz) and Yuli Tamir (Labor). Over the past few days, the Geneva Accords initiators have requested a meeting with Sharon, but have yet to receive a response.
Also Sunday, Beilin, Oron and Labor MKs Avraham Burg and Amram Mitzna presented the Geneva Accords at a meeting of the Kibbutz Movement's secretariat. A unanimous decision to adopt and support the agreement followed the meeting.
The Kibbutz Movement also called on its members at kibbutzim around the country to promote and help to drum up support for the Geneva Accords as an important alternative to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.