The United States should use the controversial “Geneva accord” to advance Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Sen. Dianne Feinstein said. The unofficial accord, negotiated by moderate Palestinians and dovish Israelis lacking a mandate, envisions two states along pre-1967 borders and a shared Jerusalem, and is vague on the demand that Palestinian refugees be allowed to return to Israel.
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