| The Palestinians are fragmented and, even were Abbas serious about peace with Israel could not deliver serious negotiations before Gaza-Hamas. Even were he able to deliver today, what meaning would there be in a peace with half of Palestine, while the other half languishes in a state of hunger and terror? The thought of Palestinian hopelessness enrages the street in Kuwait. How long would West Bankers stand by and watch the misery of their Gaza relatives unfold? No, peace with Palestine is at least a generation away. And that suits those who support the settlements just fine. But Tzipi, Foreign Minister Livni, she presumably understands this, is an advocate of serious negotiations, must recognize the only realistic near-time negotiating partner is Syria. Is her game election politics, distance between her and Olmert? And what of the Big Picture, changing the matrix of Israel in the Middle East? The Iranian threat to the Peninsula Arabs offers Israel |
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