Thursday November 22, 2007

I've Been Thinking:

The centerpiece of the Annapolis Conference was to have been a joint declaration, Palestinians and Israelis openly declaring shared intentions and commitments.
According to leaks seeping out about the Annapolis Conference, that declaration is not to be.

Instead of calling it a "declaration" the word "document" is now being used.
Instead of calling it "joint" initials are being inserted in order to identify the authors of each paragraph, "P" for Palestinian authorship, "I" for Israeli authorship.
The most glaring omission in the entire document is Gaza, not a word about the Palestinians living in Gaza.

According to one of the "P" paragraphs, the lifetime of this document extends for only eight months.
Eight months is a comfortable period of time for the Bush administration to flex before the second and final term of this president is over.
The "I" paragraph, by the way, specifically states that there is no deadline.

The Palestinians and Israelis seem to have one point of agreement.
They have agreed to disagree.

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