Presidential trip: The symbolism succeeded, but what happens next?

and ignore the Israeli preconditions--no Palestinian Capital in East Jerusalem, continued presence of Israeli forces in the W. Bank to protect against an attack from Jordan, no Palestinian military to protect itself, legalization of all Israeli settlements not already illegal under Israeli law. They should come back and state that if the negotiations prove useless, that all options are on the table--i.e. going to the International Criminal Court to have Israel formally declared in violation of International law. The automatic consequences for Israeli of such a decision should persuade even the most hysteric two-state denier to rethink what is really in the interests of a democratic Jewish state.

Nothing like a good joker.

The PLO is the obstacle to peace and the demands of the PLO are what keeps the conflict going. Once the PLO is forced to give up it's demands to destroy Israel there can be a final peace agreement. Sadly, the world keeps offering up Israel on a silver platter and the PLO leaders salivate at the chance to destroy the Jewish State.