Former Israeli and Palestinian officials and allies from the peace camp on both sides met today in Geneva to sign a draft accord laying out the dimensions of a comprehensive and immediate settlement to the conflict. Yossi Beilin and Yasir Abed Rabbo wrote in the New York Times: We know that our accord is not universally popular in the Middle East. Indeed, opposition to the agreement began to mount even before our joint document was made public. Hard-liners in Israel have criticized the details of the agreement as well as the private, diplomatic process we used for reaching it. In the West Bank and Gaza, meanwhile, rejectionists in Hamas and Islamic Jihad have held angry rallies attacking the initiative and those who shaped it. Yet, in spite of this opposition, we are pleased that the accord seems to be having a positive impact on the negotiating environment. Copies of our document have been sent to every Israeli household and published in the major Palestinian newspapers. More significant, a recent survey conducted by the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University and the International Crisis Group in Washington found that more than 50 percent of Palestinians and Israelis support the fundamental principles contained in the document. It is important that this interest also be felt strongly in the international community. We are pleased that Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, Kofi Annan, the United Nations secretary general, and Igor Ivanov, the Russian foreign minister, have voiced their support for the initiative. It is even more important, in our view, that the Bush administration and Congress support our efforts and re-engage in the peace process. Read the text of the accord here. This further dramatizes what's been apparent for months, maybe years: polls show that the shape of the settlement that majorities on both sides would be willing to settle for is clear, but that meanwhile civilians on both sides are willing to justify horrific acts on the grounds that the other side won't negotiate. What's lacking is the leaders ready to make the compromises to pursue a just settlement.