Submitted by Shalom Freedman, Nov 13, 2006 07:25

The idea of a conference in which Israel is forced to negotiate with a Palestinian partner whose major goal is its destruction is typical State Department folly. But what is even worse than such a conference is that it will be used as cover to buy time for the Americans enabling them to continue avoid real confrontation with Iran. Iran will use this time to build its nuclear weapons, and once they have them the whole world situation will become threatening .For Israel this plan is a trap and I do not know if Prime Minister Olmert will have the wisdom and strength to address the real problem in a real way.

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