Is the Annapolis Peace Conference Stalled Out?

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<p>From today’s “Wall Street Journal” opinion page:</p>

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<p>THE ANNAPOLIS FIASCO:
Condoleeza Rice’s Pointless Middle East Peace Conference</p>

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No wonder, then, that as skepticism about Annapolis grows its perceived significance shrinks. What was originally billed as a conference is now being described by the State Department as a “meeting.” What was originally envisaged as a three-day event has become a one-day event. There is, as of this writing, no firm list of participants. And there are whispers the date of the meeting may be pushed back, perhaps to December…</p>

<p>As for the agenda, there isn’t one. Substantive discussions have been ruled out. There was some hope that Israelis and Palestinians would agree to a joint “declaration of principles,” but they could not come up with a common text. Now there’s talk of issuing separate declarations, or doing without declarations altogether.

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