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Still canāt answer the question What was wrong with Olmertās offer ?I didn't write "Compromise on both sides" because the Palestinians have nothing left to offer and the Israelis get tremendously rewarded for committing war crimes and violations of international law.
Israel knows that it doesn't have to compromise to get anything it wants and the Olmert Plan reflected just that.
It was simply more crumbs off the table and didn't address salient issues like UN Resolution enforcement, West Bank expansionism, curbing rabid "Settlers", collective punishment, using Palestinians as guinea pigs to test D.I.M.E bombs, genotoxic ordinance, D.U. & N.D.U. munitions etc
Israeli lobbies have been able to extract $ Trillions (1) from unwitting Americans even after murdering 34 American G.I.s on the USS Liberty and continuing to steal our secrets and sell them to hostile governments around the world. (2)
You asked what the Palestinians have put forth.
What good would it do for the Palestinians to put anything forward while Israel has made it clear that they don't want peace. They want Palestine's native residents dead and gone.
Even Israeli media shows how Israel doesn't want peace because in peacetime you can't use your superior military to steal more land:
"Israel Does Not Want Peace"
Israel does not want peace
Rejectionism is embedded in Israel's most primal beliefs. There, at the deepest level, lies the concept that this land is destined for the Jews alone.www.haaretz.com
EXCERPT "Rejectionism is embedded in Israel's most primal beliefs. There, at the deepest level, lies the concept that this land is destined for the Jews alone
Israel does not want peace. There is nothing I have ever written that I would be happier to be proved wrong about. But the evidence is piling up. In fact, it can be said that Israel has never wanted peace ā a just peace, that is, one based on a just compromise for both sides.
The single most overwhelming item of evidence of Israelās rejection of peace is, of course, the settlements project. From the dawn of its existence, there has never been a more reliable or more precise litmus test for Israelās true intentions than this particular enterprise. In plain words: The builders of settlements want to consolidate the occupation, and those who want to consolidate the occupation do not want peace. Thatās the whole story in a nutshell. "CONTINUED
I hope I've answered your questions satisfactorily.
Thanks,
(1). "The Costs to American Taxpayers of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: $3 Trillion"
https://www.wrmea.org/003-june/the-...israeli-palestinian-conflict-$3-trillion.html
By Thomas R. Stauffer
EXCERPT "Similarly, aid to Israelāand thus the regional totalāalso is understated, since much is outside of the foreign aid appropriation process or implicit in other programs. Support for Israel comes to $1.8 trillion, including special trade advantages, preferential contracts, or aid buried in other accounts. In addition to the financial outlay, U.S. aid to Israel costs some 275,000 American jobs each year."CONTINUED
(2). "Report: Israel Passes U.S. Military Technology to China"
Report: Israel Passes U.S. Military Technology to China
EXCERPT "Israel has a long record of getting U.S. military technology to China.
In the early 1990s then-CIA Director James Woolsey told a Senate Government Affairs Committee that Israel had been selling U.S. secrets to China for about a decade.
More than 12 years ago the U.S. demanded Israel cancel a contract to supply China with Python III missiles, which included technology developed by the U.S. for its Sidewinder missiles, The Associated Press reported in 2002."CONTINUED