Annapolis's Real Motive: Uniting Arabs Against Iran?
No one has ever lost money betting against the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and Annapolis is unlikely to break that pattern. The three key leaders -- Bush, Abbas, and Olmert -- each have approval ratings in the 30s, which makes it hard to see how they can make the concessions needed to finalize a deal. The emphasis on process -- the roadmaps, negotiations, meetings, working groups -- strikes me as misguided at this point. Everyone knows what the final settlement will have to look like -- basically the Clinton Plan of 2000. The question is, can the parties make the deal? They should cut to the chase or go home.
My question to the panelists is, could it be that this entire exercise really has another agenda, to bring the Arab states together and to start working with them to counter the rise of Iran? Is this a good idea?


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