Obama reminded those wishing to ignore the two-state vision that this goal was agreed on by both sides in the road map and at the Annapolis conference.
January 20 approaches and President Bush stands to end his tenure with nothing to show for it, despite his promises and his demonstration of infinite optimism.
Olmert is trying to grab hold of the old world, in which America was the only superpower, and is acting as if Bush were still the supreme judge and arbiter and as if Abbas spoke in anyone's name.
Finally, the dream is coming true: "Bush's vision," the "road map," a Palestinian state by December - all disappeared without a trace, along with the settlements and roadblocks. Never has Jerusalem been farther from Annapolis; never has the Knesset been farther from reality.