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Been signed? i mean, it is a good positive first step, - been signed? i mean, it is a good positive first step, it i been signed? i mean, it is aj good positive first step, it is given additional traction by the fact it is now anchored by both the jordanians the fact it is now anchored by both thejordanians and the egyptians. the americans, who clearly were in favour of the idea, may well have pushed it. the question really is will it hold? and the politics of both sides suggests that if it holds, it will only be a temporary respite perhaps to get the parties through their very sensitive ramad...

Holds, it will only be a temporary respite, perhaps to get the parties through their very sensitive ramadan/passover season that is coming next month. i just don't think that the palestinian authority has the credibility, or the will, or the capacity to deal with israeli security requirements. and the government of israel are the most extreme and fundamentalist in the nation's history, it's committed to annexation in all but name of the west bank, and binding jerusalem permanently to israel proper. so without a political horizon and a set of mutually reinforcing commitments, monitored by an ex...

Is committed to annexation in all but name of the west bank, and binding jerusalem permanently to israel proper. so without a political horizon and a set of mutually reinforcing commitments, monitored by an external party, i think the chances that this will hold are very slim. and when you talk about an external party, you mean a mediator, presumably. i mean, who could fill that role, do you think? well, the united states has traditionally played that role — sometimes poorly, sometimes well. a mediator, ithink, needs at least two basic qualities. 0ne, it has to retain, maintain the trust and...