Is the Annapolis Peace Conference Stalled Out?

[GoNavy2011]

<p>Mid, </p>

<p>I’d agree with you, but I think this shoddy, poorly-organized conference has as much chance as helping bring about “peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict” as the Wednesday night Army Week pep rally does.</p>

<p>From the Wall Street Journal (hardly a liberal rag) article I quoted a few days ago:</p>

<p>[OpinionJournal</a> - Global View](<a href=“http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/bstephens/?id=110010885]OpinionJournal”>http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/bstephens/?id=110010885)</p>

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Then there are the Israelis…Yossi Beilin, architect of the 1993 Oslo Accords and a political dove, predicts not only that Annapolis will fail, but that its failure will “weaken the Palestinian camp, strengthen Hamas and cause violence.” His political opposite, Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, calls Annapolis “dangerous” and warns that Israel risks giving away everything for nothing in return. Few Israelis take seriously the view that the creation of a Palestinian state offers a solution to their concerns about Iran. On the contrary, they fear that such a state would become yet another finger of the Islamic Revolution, just as Hezbollahstan is to their north in Lebanon, and Hamastan is to their south in Gaza.

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<p>Basically, this conference is poorly organized and is likely to make matters worse, not better, in the I/P conflict. I wish it weren’t going to happen; it has the potential to cause more harm than good.</p>