He would be generous in giving the Palestinians space for a state on the West Bank, though by implication nothing like as ample as suggested by Mr Clinton or even by the Israeli prime minister's two predecessors.
It is still being built, with American and European money, intruding into Palestinian Arab space and destroying the Arabs' lives, future and freedom.
Not until a meeting in January at the Taba Hilton, run by Israeli superdove Yossi Beilin, with Arab terror attacks in full swing, did Barak offer "the moon": 97percentt of the West Bank, air rights that would lead to denial of Palestinian air space to Israeli aircraft, and a payoff from the U.S. to Palestinian claimants who agreed not to migrate to Israel.
"We do, I think, need to give the Palestinians some space to try and reconcile their national politics, but they're going to eventually have to disarm these groups," she said.Hamas's political plight may not, however, be good for peace.
It had just become more sophisticated and entrenched: Gaza's skies and the Palestinian borders, air space, travel permit system, and birth registration process all remained under Israeli control.
We will also need a public, political and diplomatic offensive whose aim must be the early resolution of some of the world's thorniest problems: above all the battle between Israel and the Palestinian people for space, dignity, recognition and survival.
Kadman's central concern is with the subsequent erasure of the Palestinian villages from space and consciousness.
Three attacks by Palestinians in the space of just over an hour and a half have left one dead and at least 13 injured across Israel, in incidents that included a mass stabbing in Jaffa during a visit by the US vice-president, Joe Biden.
In a huge wave, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict flooded the space between us.
Israelis face a choice today between affording equal rights to the Palestinians in one geographic space or managing conflict through an apartheid system.
