WASHINGTON – The president now has said that he will make an all-out effort to bring about a peace settlement in the Middle East, with a Palestinian state situated side by side with Israel. It seems to me that the president has a chance - certainly one worth pursuing - to help glue together a peace settlement of historic proportions. He would have Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan - unilateral withdrawal of settlements in Gaza along with relocation of four settlements in the northern part of the West Bank to obtain an end of hostilities from the Palestinians - as...