[Mr.Clark]

For the alarmists out there.

[McGavin999]

Bush will not ask him to sacrifice security. Arik knows this and he trusts him. As long as Bush has been in office his strongest point is that he does exactly what he says.

[mickie]

Geez, I wonder if Sharon's change of heart has anything to do with Bush's freeze of $10Billion in loan guarantees?

[Cicero]

I notice that Safire, who is a firm and reliable supporter of Israel (it's the one thing that never changes with him) does not commit himself on this. I think it means that he trusts Bush but is not 100% sure.

I tend to agree. Bush is reliable on Israel. He has supported Israel more firmly than any American president since the country was founded. But I still think he is taking some foolish advice. This renewal of the "peace process" will do nobody any good.

[dagnabbit]

Especially sticky is the claim of refugees to land fled from a half-century ago, which Arabs call a "right of return." Palestinians want to kick hundreds of thousands of Jewish "settlers" out of a future Palestine while inserting an even greater number of Muslims into Israel. Jews find that a deal-breaker.

Bush: What's the big deal Arik? I let in thousands of Muslims to the United States every day - they only occasionally blow things up, so just sign here. And if you're worried about your parliament giving you any crap about so-called "sovereignty", no biggie. Just shelve your "right-of-return" legislation, and passively let the Arabs come and live in Israel illegally on consular IDs. No one will stop you. Trust me on this one.