Israel, the US and the Palestinians: A Recipe for Failure

by Mitchell Plitnick | http://www.lobelog.com/israel-the-us-and-the-palestinians-a-recipe-for-failure/#more-23728
1 April 2014
When it comes to Israel and the Palestinians, it’s never foolish to be a pessimist. About fourteen months ago, when John Kerry began his quixotic task of driving the two parties toward a final agreement to end their conflict, there was a trickle of optimism from those who are irrevocably committed not just to a two-state solution, but specifically to the Oslo process. The pessimists, by contrast, came in all shades, with a variety of visions of failure. One of the most prominent theories was that this would be yet another US exercise in building talks to nowhere.