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Ynet: What should voters have in mind at the polls? By Amos Yadlin

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After the failure of the Kerry peace plan, the diplomatic process between Israel and the Palestinians stalled and the issue was sidelined. Now, five years later, it seems that the issue is about to reenter the limelight as indications emerge from Warsaw, Washington, Moscow and Riyadh.

The key to understanding the proper approach to a diplomatic process is to internalize the complicated reality. On the one hand the status quo is an imaginary concept, because on the ground, events are dynamic. This dynamic, aside from its ability to create a serious flare-up in Gaza or the West Bank in the short run, may end up creating a reality of a bi-national state, in place of a Jewish one.

On the other hand, illusions about the ability to reach an Israeli-Palestinian agreement by means of negotiations also lack a true grasp of the current situation in the Palestinian arena.

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