Jun. 13, 2003

Palestinians Must Offer True Incentives for Peace to Work

Focus Column - By Carl Pearlston - There is a classic slapstick comedy routine in which two men converge on a doorway and each invites the other to pass through first: "After you." "No, after you!" The invitations and counterinvitations continue, until, exasperated, the two men attempt to pass through together and get stuck, for the doorway is only big enough for one. But both must pass to achieve a common objective.