Going into Monday’s three-way summit with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas, visiting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice admitted there was no evidence that the new “Palestinian” unity government was ever going to comply with international demands that it recognize Israel’s right to exist.
That being the case, wouldn’t now be the time to accept that the current Palestinian Arab leadership (Abbas and Hamas and everyone in-between) simply does not represent a viable peace partner for Israel? Wouldn’t now be the time to accept that the Oslo/Road Map peace process is a failure, and that we need some alternative options? Rice apparently feels that the answer to those questions is a resounding ‘NO’.
Despite the fact that even she now admits the “Palestinians” have a government that will never actually implement any peace deal it signs with Israel, Rice insists direct talks with the Abbas-controlled half of the PA must continue. Why? To what end?
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