Richard Z. Chesnoff has long been one of America’s leading correspondents on Middle East affairs, and his pieces have been noted here on several previous occasions.
In this NY Daily News op-ed, Mr. Chesnoff comments on the new ideas that are springing from Israel and Jordan regarding a resolution to the Palestinian problem. Although not yet the subject of widespread political support, the ideas are are notable in that they do not include relying on Yassir Arafat for support, as Mr. Chesnoff notes:

[The] extreme ideas are not welcome among Palestinians, Jordanians or most Israelis. But in between there may be a meeting of the minds. Why not offer financial compensation to West Bankers willing to to move to unsettled parts of Jordan? Why not a border secured in part by Jordan? Why not a Palestinian West Bank and Gaza (minus border areas Israel needs for security) linked to Jordan with an economic union bonding both to Israel’s burgeoning economy?
Anything would be better than the options Arafat & Co. offer: more blood, more corruption, more hatred, more suffering for all sides.

Amen. Read the whole piece.