Saudi Arabia says it supports US plans for a regional peace conference this year and would be keen to attend.The conference is intended to revive the peace process and would include Israel, the Palestinians and Arab states viewed as moderate by the US.
When even the BBC clearly describes the rules as being set by the US (and I must say the choice of photo is perfect!) it seems there is little doubt left as to how one-sided any peace deal can be. What peace deal by the way? If it's just going to be a matter of certain parties hand picked by the world cop sitting together, what sort of solution can there be?
And if the Saudis do indeed attend, what does that say of the US definition of 'moderate'? Does 'moderate' mean friendly to the US?
Hamas, the 2006 Palestinian election winner, refused to sign up to previous peace deals with Israel, and its military victory in Gaza deals a serious blow to Mr Bush's strategic vision of a two states, Israel and Palestine, living side-by-side in peace.
And what kind of palestinian state might that be? A greatly reduced and geographically divided state with pockets of jewish settlers?
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