Tuesday August 26, 2008

I've Been Thinking:

Yesterday the US Secretary of State arrived in Jerusalem.
This officially puts the total number of times she has made a trip to the Region --- at countless.

Rice's mission is to urge on Israelis and Palestinians towards a real agreement.
To her chagrin, expectations are pretty low.
There is so much going on in Israel right now, not the least of which is a lame duck prime minister, that an agreement is not top of the totem pole.
The secretary of state understands. As she put it: "but it is always a complicated time out here."

The Israelis are just being polite.
There is no possibility of a US brokered agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
The Israelis are also being prudent.
Not wanting to waste an important opportunity they drilled home their message about Iran. Defense minister Ehud Barak made it very clear that Israel will not accept a nuclear Iran.

Keep the pressure on Iran.
That will be Israel's continued refrain throughout this visit.

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