There were people-to-people links. There was a forum where Israelis and their long-term Arab foes could sit together and discuss other matters than the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
有人渴望到2010年产生一个自由贸易区，因为有基于共同的价值观而进行政治一体化的保证，有民族间的联系，有以色列人可以和他们长期以来的阿拉伯敌人坐在一起讨论除约旦河西岸和加沙地带之外的问题的论坛，有发展预算，以及会议——许许多多会议。