Ken
2010-07-21 17:46:09
Mahmoud Abbas has literally no room to maneuver and cannot enter the so-called “proximity talks” so long as Israel refuses to reverse itself. (The fact that they are called “proximity” talks reveals how fragile they are: Abbas could not be seen to be talking to the Israelis directly.)
But the other casualty here is the increased likelihood that Israel will see Obama’s weakness as a green light to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities. In the larger scheme of things, this has graver implications than the continued floundering of the two-state solution (a solution which was on life support even before the Jerusalem issue exploded).
