11.03.2011                      05.Adar ll, 5771

Zweifel:

Halevy doubts chance of final deal with Palestinians

Ex-Mossad head: Interim agreement would be most workable; says, "To end conflict, we need to bring an end to mutual demands on both sides."

The most feasible peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority would involve interim borders, and though a final peace treaty would be desirable, it is unlikely that one could be implemented, former Mossad chief and national security adviser Efraim Halevy told reporters on Thursday.
At a meeting in Jerusalem with members of the Foreign Press Association, Halevy, who currently heads the Shasha Center for Strategic Studies at the Hebrew University’s School of Public Policy and Government, outlined some of the reasons that he believes stand in the way of an agreement being concluded….