NEGOTIATION 101

I found this insightful editorial in from Law Professor Russell Korobkin (with thanks to patiopundit) It addresses one central problem in the land for peace equation - that the land has to be traded first, and the peace provided afterwards. Here's Professor Korobkin's proposal:

A better approach is to build into the agreement a provision that permits Israel to reoccupy portions of the territories if the Palestinians fail to provide the peace they promise, with higher levels of terror triggering the right of Israel to reoccupy larger portions of land. This approach would give Israel the security to sacrifice land and the Palestinians the strongest possible incentive to prevent future terrorism.

For an example of a policy that completely failed to give the Palestinians an incentive to prevent terrorism, review the Clinton administration's approach to the implementation of the Oslo agreement.