Camp David Summit 2000 -unlikely to see any thing this in our lifetimes?

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Camp_David_Summit

What amazed me looking at this history is that you had the right of an Israeli prime minister shaking hands with he leader of the PLO. OK it might be a little forced but was the Camp David Summit going to be remembered as the last chance there was of some sort of peace on the middle east?

There was a lot of compromise from both parties to get close to something vaguely looking as a solution for Palestine and now it appears to be a forgotten moment in histrory. How things change.

That was a long time ago.
Netanyahu has dominated the agenda since then. He has deliberately undermined those who are willing to engage and have the standing to bring the bulk of their followers with them- funded Hamas, manipulated the timing of elections that led to its ascent and since October last year, kills the men who could do a peace deal. This doesn’t mean that the leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah aren’t ruthless cynical terrorists. Netanyahu could sit at a table with the Dalai Lama and pope Francis but it wouldn’t ring a pause in the violence unless the leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas could bring a deal to their grass roots.

Well yes it was 24 years ago and I vaguely remember it. I just dont see a point where we will see a photograph like this for decades now.

It seems that discussions about the two state solution are now just theoretical and may be a human desire for hope.

Which Palestinian and Israeli leader would ever meet on US soil. Peace seems to be something for maybe another generation?

Yes. I think we’ve crossed the rubicon. It’s like Hamas and Netanyahu are the like a separate axis of evil- manipulating the other players down the same path of violence towards a sort of all or nothing blood soaked end.

An eventual change of governance may be a start but Hamas seem reluctant to give up power and similarly Netanyahu. Where does leave a peace process?

What I hope doesn't happen is that you have some sort of perma war in the Levant which is a new normal. I can't see anyone with a solution and may be there isn't an immediate one.