Executive Summary.

On December 16-17, 2005, a joint Palestinian-Israeli group of experts, researchers, NGO leaders, peace movements activists, media people, current government officials and past military officers, convened at the Jericho Intercontinental Hotel. The main goal of the meeting was to explore the issue of the urgency of the "two state solution" in order to advocate it to both politicians and publics, as well as within the international community.

The meeting was held under the sponsorship of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, and led by IPCRI (Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information); PANORAMA (the Palestinian center for the dissemination of democracy and community development); the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies; and the international organization Search for Common Ground.

This paper, which summarizes the understandings and ideas raised at the Jericho meeting, was about to be widely distributed on the morning of January 5th, 2006. Due to P.M. Sharon's re-hospitalization the night before, and its expected political consequences, we postponed the issuing of the document. Undoubtedly, the new political era will require reevaluation of our analysis and recommendations, after the fog disperses on both sides. But, since we believe that most elements of the proposed program will be valid at any future political configuration (especially if "Kadima" party wins the elections and sticks to it's "political program principles"), we found it necessary to share the groups' views with you, hoping that they will be found interesting and will have the potential to enrich future political planning.

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