Hi Mookie, yes, it does seem that we are kindred souls.

Thank you for reading through my thoughts on Medium.

I share your view on the far-fetched nature of both of those choices. I'm going to interpret "far" as far in time, as in this is going to take years, decades.

Yes, mark the goal posts. And realize that they are in the back of the end zone, not on the 30 yard line. As Einat Wilf writes, even before the settlements, negotiators were never close to a deal because they ignored the "right" of return, a.k.a. thought the goal posts were on the 30.