“Exactly. But the Bush Administration does not want to jeopardize that sacred cow of his: “the Palestinian State”.”
If I was Israel, I’d want to have the Palestinian State set up. It would reduce costs of occupation and when Palestinians launch their attacks, now it will be an act of war where Israel can go in and clean their clocks. It won’t be something that Arabs can call “Jewish Oppressors”
This was, I suspect, exactly Sharon's plan.