The fact that the Jewish and the Palestinian people both, because of history and identity, have one and the same territory as their common homeland, does not dictate any particular answer to how the two states should relate to one another. … If we think of the peace negotiations as historic then we must recognize that in the relations between the two states there will be ups and downs. And even if at the outset it is decided to operate along the lines of strict-separation, the common homeland orientation expresses an intention to achieve a future in which the two peoples could trulyshare their common homeland.